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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [308v] (616/807)
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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4. British Interests.
Lieutenant-Colonel (acting Brigadier) F. S. C. Hughes, 4 th Prince of Wales’s
Own tiurkha Rifles, visited Tehran from the 3rd August to the 5 th August.
5. U.S.S.R. Interests. |
Plans are being made for a trial consignment of goods via Nokkundi-Meshed-
Askabad route. The intention is to develop this route so as to take 2,000 tons
monthly, provided storage capacity, &c„ are made available at Nokkundi.
6 . Czechoslovak Interests.
. Czechoslovak technicians and armament workers who previously tried
without success to obtain employment in munition factories, &c., in India have
now registered for work in the U.S.S.R. A number are also proceeding to the
Dutch East Indies. &
7. Norwegian Interests.
n ., A p , a '’ ty 'r! fortv - fi y e y° un g Norwegian volunteers arrived in Tehran
on the 2 Jth July. I hey are being despatched to Bombay via Basra. Their
ultimate destinations are Canada and England
&
8 . German Interests.
n rr me Tch a nt seamen, who have been on summer leave at
Demavand vdlage from Bandar Shahpur (P.G.), returned to their ships on the
oh August. It is reported that these ships are prepared for scuttling or beincr
blown up in the event of a British threat to Khuzistan. °
9. Caucasus Railways.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 13 (current), paragraph 5 (i) and (ii)
(V the Soviet authorities in Moscow state that the Julfa-Ordubad-Baku
railway is not yet open to traffic. a ' Ll
(n) Haji Kabul-Lenkoran-Astara line. This is a metre gauge of local
importance only. There is no intention of converting it to broad gauge at the
moment, although this change over can easily be effected.
10. Persian State Railways.
A brief general note on locomotives and rolling-stock is
to this summary.
given in an Appendix
11 . Communications.
(Map million sheet 9.c.4)-Masjid-i-
Isfahan-Shahrkurd (Deh-i-Kurd)
Suleiman.
• Th !]Vi' 0Ute 18 t0 com pletely surveyed and realigned. A German firm hqs
obtained the contract for this work. a n nim hat>
12 . Oil Reserves in Tehran.
1 finn T nn e A er n ian Governn ) e “ t has ordered from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Tehran bv r dwav ^nn” 4 „ gallon f Tu t0 be d L e,lvered within one month in
A P O PcJf ra T ra 64 ’ 00 ° S allons lubricants have also been ordered. The
about half onVX teVeWed" a P ° Sltl0n t<5 SUpP ' y a11 this ( J uantity and that
13. Census.
(i) The result of the census of Qazvin
carried out on the 21st July, is as follows
up to a radius of 6 kilometres,
Men
Women
Families
27,008 ]
28,142 ^ Total 55,151
12,802 J
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:123v, 125r:139r, 140r:143v, 145r:148v, 150r:197r, 198v:243r, 244r:309v, 311r:348r, 349r:403v, back
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