Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎302r] (603/807)

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^Szr /?. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received July 22.)
(No. 93. Secret.)
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. 13 for the period ending the
28th June, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
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Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 13 for the Period ending June 28, 1941.
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1. The Shah and the Imperial Family.
(i) H.I.M. the Shah and the Imperial Family continue in residence at the
Palace of Saadabad.
(ii) On the 18th June the Iranian press published laudatory articles with a
photograph of H.I.H. Prince Mahmoud Reza Pahlevi. This scion of the house
of Pahlevi is reported to have obtained the highest marks in the final examination
of the IHrd Class (Secondary School) of the year 1320. The subservience of
Iranian examiners towards the sons of influential men is well known.
2. Iranian Army.
(i) On learning of the fall of Assab, the Iranian War Minister immediately
made enquiries as to the possibility of shipping the Iranian military stores,
ex steamship Arabia (Lloyd Triestino), which have been lying there since the
entry of Italy into the war. H.I.M. the Shah is particularly interested in
obtaining this cargo.
k^- 7 (ii) No. 7 Artillery Regiment is stationed at Gurgan and not at Meshed.
(iii) All troops of the Central and Provincial Garrisons are carrying out
collective training from summer camps.
(iv) The Mechanised Brigade of the Central Garrison is to become a
Mechanised Division.
3. British Interests.
(i) Only six British aircraft specialists remain now in Tehran. If the
production of “ Hurricanes ” is to be undertaken, a further eight specialists will
have to be sent from England.
(ii) A party of sixteen evacuees from His Majesty’s Embassy in Moscow'
arrived in Tehran on the 27th June. They will shortly be proceeding to India.
4. Netherlands Interests.
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Small parties of young Dutch volunteers are now arriving in Tehran via
Stockholm and Moscow. They are proceeding to Canada and England for
training in the Royal Air Force and Dutch navy. Most of them are deserters from
German and Dutch ships.
5. Soviet Interests.
(i) The direct railway line between Julfa-Ordubad to Baku has recently been
completed. This line is known as the “ new military line ” and will not be used
for ordinary goods and passenger traffic in the meantime.
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