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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [287r] (573/807)
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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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Rfcnwd May 1.)
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HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 5 for the peiiod ending the/'
8th March, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, March 7, 1941. ^ ^ Ovu. & S** *0*,
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Enclosure.
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Intelligence Summary No. 5 for the Period ending March 8
(Secret.)
1. The Shah and the Imperial Family.
(i) On the evening of the 21st February His Imperial Majesty the Shah,
accompanied by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, dined at the Officers
Club with the general officers of the Imperial navy, army and air force, as well as
\ the officers of the Tehran garrisons. The Turkish Military Attache was again
I the only foreign military attache to be invited. t u i
As is usual, the Shah made a short speech, which was relayed by loud
speakers to the various dining-rooms. The Shah praised the progress, zeal and
lovalty of his armed forces as a whole, and mentioned the recent expansion of the
army. Sarlashgar (Major-General) Ahmed Nakhchevan, acting Minister of War,
^^(H) On the afternoon of the 22nd February, the twentieth anniversary of the
coup d’Etat, the Shah, accompanied by the Crown Prince and Princess and the
voun o er princes, was present at the military review of the Tehran gaii isons and
youth organisations on the Jalalieh Racecourse. A report of the review is given
as Appendix “ A ”(‘) to this summary. . , , „ T . ,
(lii) Her Imperial Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Her Imperial
Highness the Princess Shams Pahlevi. returned to Tehran on the 20th February.
2. Iranian Army.
(if A consular report from Kermanshah states that Sarlashgar (Major-
General) Muqaddam, General Officer Commanding 5th (Kurdistan) Division, is
to be promoted sepahbod (general) at the New Year (the 21st March).
(ii) The 5th (Kurdistan) Division and the 12th (Kermanshah) Division, plus
the Amnieh battalions of the Pusht-i-Kuh, Kermanshah and Sannandaj districts,
are to be formed into an army corps under the command of Sarlashgar (Major-
General) Muqaddam, who has already fixed his headquarters at Kermanshah.
(iiit Sartip (Brigadier) Assa, commanding the 12th (Kermanshah) Division,
will be appointed General Officer Commanding the 5th (Kurdistan) Division.
fiv) A new infantrv and cavalry regiment are being formed in the Ibth
(Gilan) Divisional Area (see Intelligence Summary No. 4 (current), para-
, graP ( h v ) 2 ills expected that by August 1941 a total of 500 regular officers and
1 500 reserve officers will have passed through the Officers Cadet College.
(vif Four cement gun platforms were being built on the Propriete Zamani at
Bandar Pahlevi directly behind the cemetery at the north-west end of the town,
but work has since been stopped owing, it is said, to strong Soviet protests. These
emplacements may have been for 150-mm. coast defence guns.
O) Not nrinted.
RECd. POL. DEPt.
23JUN 941
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.
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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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