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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [289v] (578/807)
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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(v) The following gun emplacements have been prepared on the Shiraz-
Bushire road (M.T. routes in Iran, Vol. I, Route V.A.), map reference degree
sheet 10 .O.D .2 :—
(1) On the Pir-i-Zan Pass (mile 126^—mile 133J) a track leads oh opposite
the Serra Cheng Amnieh post on to a spur which commands the whole
of the pass below the old fort of Mian-Kotal (mile 129) and the road*-
running across the plain to the tip of the Dukhtar Pass (mile 119^)
A stone platform has been erected.
(2) On the hills east of Dasht-i-Arjun (mile 141f). The platform
commands the whole plain and village of Dasht-Arjun. The track
takes off a few yards west of the small bridge over the water-course
east of the village, crosses another water-course in an easterly direction
and climbs on to one of the low hills separating the plain from the
Kara Agach valley (Sineh Sefid).
3. Iranian Air Force.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 5 (current), paragraph 3 (ii). This
report is confirmed. The name of the pilot was Hassan Qazimzadeh. All the
members of his family and friends in Iran have been arrested.
(ii) Two American pilot-mechanics have now arrived in Tehran and are
engaged in putting together the new “ Rearwin " training machines of the
Iranian Aero Club.
(iii) According to the Minister of War, the Curtiss Aircraft Company have
agreed to supply raw materials for the construction of “ Curtiss ” fighters in
Iran. Delivery is, however, not expected for 8 to 12 months.
4. Iranian Budget.
On the 2nd March the Minister of Finance, his Excellency Sarlashgar
(Major-General) Amir Khosrovi, presented the Majlis with the budget for the
year 1320 (the 21st March, 1941. to the 20 th March, 1942). This was duly ratified
on the 6 th March. The budget figures are briefly as follows :—
(Sterling figures are at the official rate of 67 rials to the £.)
Total expenditure : 4,222.911,676 rials (£63,028,530), as compared with
3,210,973,027 rials (£47.924.970) in the previous year.
Total revenue: 3,613.768.718 rials (£53,936,840), as compared with
3,094,393,977 rials (£46,184,985) in the previous year.
The deficit is: 710,142,958 rials (£10.599,150), as compared with
the previous deficit of 116,579,030 rials (£1.739.985).
The deficit includes a sum of 650 million rials (£9,707.492), representing the
following items outstanding from the 1319 budget :—
Rials.
For Demag-Krupp Kerej blast furnaces
For new Civil Hospital, Tehran (500 beds) ...
For road construction
For agriculture protection against insect
pests, &c.
124,000,000
13,000,000
130,000.000
383,000,000
650.000,000
This sum is to be met as much as possible from revenue in the coming year
(1320) and, if necessary, carried on to 1321.
A comparison of items of military expenditure for the years 1319 and 1320
is as follows :—
1319. 1320.
Rials. Rials.
Ministry of War
Gendarmerie
Compensation on purchase of
army requirements (guns)
Conscription Department ...
Frontier guards and their
premises
Further figures are not available.
463,729,980
35,678.400
21 . 000.000
500,000
13.000,000
593,121,524
35,678,400
28,000,000
1.275.500
13,000,000
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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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