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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [292r] (583/807)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY 0£jJi& BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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1941
Section 3.
[E 1945/268/34]
Copy No.
R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received May 5.)
(No. 54.)
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. 7 for the period ending the
5th April, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, April 4, 1941.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 7 for the Period ending April 5, 1941.
1 . The Shah and the Imperial Family.
H.I.M. the Shah and the Imperial family continue in residence at the
Imperial Palace in Tehran.
2. Iranian Army.
(i) One hundred and fifty Henschel military lorries have been purchased
from Germany. Most of these have already been delivered. It is understood that
they were delivered without tyres.
(ii) Eleven Marmon Herrington freight lorries and eight Ford lorries have
recently been delivered from the United States.
(iii) Reports state that a general reorganisation of army units is now taking
place on the German model. Each regiment will comprise 1,000 men, each brigade
will have three regiments, and each division three brigades.
(iv) A consular report from Kermanshah states that local reservists who are
chauffeurs or mechanics have been recalled to the colours for service at Tehran.
This may be in connexion with the expansion of M.T. units in the army.
(v) The following promotions in and to the rank of general officers were
gazetted at the New Year (the 21st March) :—
( 1 ) Sartip (Brigadier) Ali Asghar Naqdi to be Sarlashgar (Major-General)
G.O.C. 2nd Division (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 196).
( 2 ) Sarhang (Colonel) Habibullah Qaderi to be Sartip (Brigadier) acting
G.O.C. 15th Division.
(3) Sarhang (Colonel) Mahmud Iravani to be Sartip (Brigadier) acting
G.O.C. 16th Division.
(4) Sarhang (Colonel) Mahmud Bahar Mast to be Sartip (Brigadier)
Director of Ordnance Supplies.
An abnormal number of promotions were also made to the ranks of captain
and major.
Many efficiency medals were also distributed.
(vi) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 5 (current), paragraph 2 (vi). A
further report confirms that two batteries of two guns each (15-cm.) are to be
erected at Bandar Pahlevi for coast defence. The officer commanding is Major
Mohammad Ansari, transferred to the 11 th (Gilan) Division from the
5 th Regiment of Artillery. The work on the emplacements, &c., has only been
temporarily suspended.
3. Iranian Air Force.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 4 (current), paragraph 3 (iii). Eight
more “ Rearwin ” United States training machines for the Iranian Aero Club
have recently been delivered. The total now in Tehran is twenty.
[17—62]
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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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