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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [284r] (567/807)
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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have had no reason to suspect that he is anything but a good patriotic Czech.
Their present concern is to endeavour to ensure that everyone concerned knows the
facts and that no one is acting on old stories under the impression that they are
new ones, and that Vrba will not in the future be debarred from co-operation
with the Czechoslovak authorities in Palestine or elsewhere.
7. Italian Interests.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 2 (current), paragraph 8. The Italian
military authorities still refuse permission for the Panamanian steamship
Eureka to proceed to Assab (Eritrea), and have had the impertinence to state that
they would allow one of the Italian steamers now lying in Bandar Shahpur to
proceed there provided that it brought lorries and petrol required for the
transport of cargo and that the R.A.F. refrain from bombing the port of Assab
in the meantime.
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8. German Interests.
Iranian subjects returning from Berlin speak of the tremendous effect of the
R.A.F. bombings on the morale of the citizens. If these bombings were continued
without cessation, they would undoubtedly have far-reaching effects.
9. United Kingdom Commercial Corporation.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 1 (current), paragraph 6 (v). A further
100 tons of good quality silk cocoons have been secured with the assistance of
M. Jouvel (Captain of Reserve), late Assistant French Military Attache, who is
a sericulture expert in civil life. Arrangements are being made to have this silk
reeled in Kashmir.
10. Iranian State Railways.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 1 (current), paragraph 5 (ii).
M. Hacklin, the Swedish railway constructional engineer of the Ministry of
Communications, has recommended the reconstruction of the Zahidan-Nok-kundi
Railway, but, in order to avoid the building of many bridges, he has suggestevi
that the line should be diverted on both sides of the frontier to meet at a point
north of the present alignment, and that the stations of Mirjawa (Iran) and
Taftan (Baluchistan) should be rebuilt on either side of the frontier post. The
Shah has approved of the above scheme, but the reconstruction of this section is
to wait until the Government of India reopen the question.
(ii) The Government of India have now decided to remove the disused
permanent way from Nok-kundi to the Iranian frontier for emergency work in
the Middle East. Thus for the present Iran will not be linked with the Indian
railway system.
11. Census.
The result of the census of Shiraz up to a radius of 6
the 31st January, 1941, is as follows :—
Men
Women
Families
Total 129,023
12. Tehran Hospitals.
The following are the Government (civilian) hospitals in Tehran :—
Number
of beds.
Razi ... ... ... ... ... ... 195
Sina (former Daulati) ... ... ... ... 170
Vaziri (women’s) ... ... ... ... 90
Niswan (women’s) 60
Goharshad (women’s) ... ... 50
Fowzibeh ... ... ... ... ... 60
Farabi (former municipal hospital) ... ... 80
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kilom., carried out on
70,007
59,016
28,327
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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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