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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [279v] (558/807)
The record is made up of 1 file (401 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1937-29 Jul 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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11. Census.
The result of the census of Isfahan up to a radius of 6 kilom., carried out
on the 27th December, 1940, is as follows : —
Men ...
104,505
Women
100,093
lry%
Families
47,230
Total
204,598
12. Hospitals.
The following hospitals have either
construction in the provinces :—
been completed or are in course of
Beds.
Zinjan
32
Kazerun
20
Isfahan
100 (Khiaban, Darvazeh, Tehran).
13. National Aero Club.
Flying instruction continues regularly in Tehran, Meshed, Ahwaz and
Tabriz. There are already ten Iranian ladies who have qualified as pilots.
14. National Child Welfare Association.
On the 2nd January the press featured in thick type the fact that his
Excellency the German Minister and Frau Ettel had donated 5,000 rials to this
association. Other members of the Diplomatic Corps are subscribing, but less
publicly.
15. Communications.
(i) The bridge at Mianduab has been completed. It is built of reinforced
concrete, has twenty-one arches, and is about 350 metres long.
(ii) The road between Jokar and Tusar Khan (Degree Sheet 9 B.C. 3) has
been completely reinforced and repaired.
16. Industry.
The Ministry of Industry is now engaged in planning a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
for the manu
facture of spare parts of all sorts, and motor accessories. It is to be constructed
during 1941 at Dowlatabad, 7 kilom. from Tehran. The
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is to cover an
area of 200,000 metres and will consist of seventeen principal buildings and twelve
annexes.
17. A griculture.
The Agricultural and Industrial Bank are financing the construction of a
barrage and reservoir at Sadabad (Degree Sheet 10.0.A.3) on the Bud Shirin
River. When completed, it is hoped that this water will be sufficient to irrigate
80,000 hectares of the now dry Shabankareh area. The cost is in the neighbour
hood of 3 million rials.
18. The Press.
An article recently appeared in the official Ittelaat admonishing foreigners
on the subject of taking photographs in Iran. The press cannot understand why
foreigners visiting Iran, and also those living in Iran, will insist on taking
photographs of camels and peasants mounted on donkeys when there is so much
that is modern to take in Iran. Travellers are therefore ordered to do justice to
modern Iran and not take or exhibit such childish pictures as representing
present-day life in Iran !
19. Public Opinion.
There has been a noticeable improvement in the situation as regards public
opinion. This may be ascribed partly to the brilliant military successes in Libya,
but also to the increased publicity which our cause is obtaining. The Persian
broadcast by the B.B.C. is widely welcomed and praised on all sides. The only
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Copies of intelligence summaries compiled on a fortnightly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran (Gilbert Douglas Pybus, Herbert John Underwood, William A K Fraser), and received by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. via the Foreign Office. Many of the summaries are preceded by cover sheets and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. notes sheets, the latter frequently containing handwritten notes giving a précis of the summary’s contents. The summaries cover a broad range of information, including: the activities of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Crown Prince, and other members of the royal family; activities of the Iranian Government and its officials; activities, organisation and strength of the Iranian army and Iranian air force; communications and transport, including wireless radio, and civil aviation routes into and out of Iran; British interests in Iran, including oil companies, specifically the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; foreign interests in Iran; the Iranian press, focussing specifically on its criticism of foreign press and actions; commercial activities in Iran, including mining and factory An East India Company trading post. production; tribal matters, including those in the Bahmai and Baluchistan provinces, and the Qashqai; place name changes in Iran. Proceedings prior to and during the Second World War are also covered in the summaries. These include: German activity in Iran (commercial, political, propaganda, Nazi organisation); movements of peoples; public opinion in Iran in response to events in Europe in 1940; the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941; the abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi; public opinion in Iran in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation; social unrest and anti-British feeling.
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- 1 file (401 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 403; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:123v, 125r:139r, 140r:143v, 145r:148v, 150r:197r, 198v:243r, 244r:309v, 311r:348r, 349r:403v, back
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