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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [306r] (611/807)
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 OF'HIS BBITHNIilC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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1941
August 21, 1941.
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fE 4026/268/34] Copy No. ‘33
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received August 21.)
(No. 101 . 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. 15 for the period ending the
26th July, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, July 26, 1941.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 15 for the period ending July 26, 1941.
1 . The Shah and the Imperial Family.
H.I.M. the Shah and the Imperial Family continue in residence at the summer
palace of Saadabad.
2. Persian A rmy.
A consular report from Kermanshah states : —
(a) During the first week of July the military garrison at Sanandaj received
from Tehran eighteen anti-aircraft guns (type unknown). The Kermanshah
Division has also received twelve A.A. guns (type unknown), of which five have
been retained at Kermanshah and seven have been sent to military posts near the
Iraq frontier, viz : Qasr-i-Shirin, Naft-i-Shah. and Soumar (in the Pusht-i-Kuh
district).
(h) The Kermanshah divisional budget has been credited with 7 million
rials, which is to be used for the construction of three large barracks at
Qasr-i-Shirin, Naft-i-Shah, and at Soumar. The construction of these barracks
has been commenced. It has been decided to maintain permanently at
Qasr-i-Shirin, when the new barracks are completed, a garrison of one “ hang,”
i.e., about 1,200 infantry and a small detachment of artillery.
(c) The military forces of the Kermanshah district have recently started
carrying out manoeuvres by night; these night operations have been staged in the
neighbourhood of Ruwansar (about 30 miles north of Kermanshah).
(d) It is reported that many conscripts (especially those who have a little
money of their own), when called up to do their “refresher ” course of one month’s
service, have recently been threatened with severe disciplinary measures and harsh
treatment if they do not pay five hundred rials to the Officer Commanding their
unit. Discipline among the troops continues to be poor, and many soldiers are
without clothing and equipment, the latter having been sold by officers to raise
funds to supplement their small salaries.
(e) Sarhang Sharif-Zadeh, Officer Commanding the 39th Regiment at
Kermanshah, almost daily shows himself to be very pro-German and is reliably
reported to have harangued his troops on numerous occasions recently in terms
such as the following :—
“ I want you to be like the German soldiers, each of whom is able to
capture hundreds of British soldiers. Don’t you know that as soon as a
German soldier shows himself to a large number of British soldiers all the
latter run away without resisting. This is the spirit which all of you
should show.”
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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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