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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [282r] (563/807)
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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cargo from steamship Arabia (Lloyd Triestino Steam Navigation Company).
This has caused a long protest against Italy to be published in the official press.
There was, of course, no acknowledgment of concessions made by His Majesty’s
Government.
9. Czechoslovak Interests.
^ Dissension in the Czech community has been ended by the formation of an
unofficial committee of the three leading Czechs in Tehran, who are to assist
His Majesty’s Legation on Czech questions, especially about political reliability,
and professional qualifications. The committee consists of the following
members :—
M. Josef Zanda : Director Skodas (Iran).
Dr. Josef Skvaril : Czech surgeon employed in one of the Government
hospitals in Tehran.
M. Josef Vrba : Formerly archivist of the Czech Legation in Tehran.
The fact that Josef Vrba has been joined by the other two Czechs disposes
of suspicions which had been unjustly directed against him.
10. Iraqi Interests.
A consular report from Kermanshah states that on the 3rd and 5th January
two affrays took place near Mehran, close to the Iraqi frontier, between Iraqi
tribesmen and Iranian frontier guards. Both sides sustained casualties and took
prisoners. The General Officer Commanding (Kermanshah) Division (Sartip
(Brigadier) Assa), accompanied by the General Officer Commanding 5th (Senneh)
Division (Sarlashgar Moqaddam) and Sarhangs (Colonels) Dombali, Military
Governor of Shahabad area, and Tabatabai, Military Governor of Qasr-i-Shirin,
left Kermanshah on the 12th January for Mehran (Pusht-i-Kuh) to investigate
the matter.
11. Communications.
Ab Ali-Amul Road. —Length, 139 kilom. According to the press, good
I progress is reported on this route. Lot 1 (54 kilom.) has been completed, whilst
Lots 2 and 3 will be open for traffic early in the Iranian New Year. The road
will be 8 metres broad and will allow of the passage of heavy motor vehicles up
to 20 tons.
Sixteen large bridges have had to be constructed, six in Lot 1, nine in Lot 2
and one in Lot 3. The largest is over 45 metres long. Fourteen tunnels, of which
one is 1,520 metres long, have been built.
This route is the shortest between the central plateau and Mazanderan
Province, and follows the ancient caravan route. Passing close by Mount
Demavand (18.549 feet), the scenery is magnificent.
12. Air Raid Precautions.
(i) A booklet entitled “ Dangers from the Air ” has been issued recently to
Government officials and property owners. The matter is written in simple form
with rather crude illustrations and contains advice on what not to do and what
to do in an air raid. As no air-raid shelters have as yet been constructed, the
advice given is not of much value.
(ii) A.R.P. is being taken more seriously in the Abadan-Khurramshahr area,
where a black-out is carried out nightly. This, however, is of little value as Basra
is brightly illuminated and raiders could not miss the refinery during moonlight
nights.
(iii) M. Hamid Sayah, Director-General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
and his wife, who recently returned from four months of commercial negotiations
in Moscow and Berlin, state (the latter in public) that, if only the Royal Air Force
would bomb Berlin as hard as the Luftwaffe bomb London, the nerve of the German
population would give way. This opinion has also been expressed in other Iranian
circles as well.
H. J. UNDERWOOD. Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military A ttache.
Tehran, January 25. 1941.
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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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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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