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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [310v] (620/807)
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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(iv) According to the Soviet Military Attache, five pew cavalry regiments
are being formed as follows :—
26th Cavalry Regiment at Tabriz : III Division.
27th Cavalry Regiment at Senneh : IV Division.
28th Cavalry Regiment at Ahwaz : VI Division.
29th Cavalry Regiment at Gurgan : X Division.
30th Cavalry Regiment at Resht: XI Division.
3. British Interests.
(i) On Saturday, the 16th August, the Soviet Ambassador and the British
Minister in Tehran made parallel representations to the Imperial Government
about the desirability of eliminating most of the Germans in Persia. The repre
sentations, which were reinforced by memoranda, were detailed, and requested
that the Imperial Government should furnish details of their programme of
reduction and lists of Germans already gone or to go in the future. It was
proposed that a minimum number of Germans might be retained if really
necessary for the industry of the country, provided they should not be employed
in communications or other positions dangerous to the Imperial Government and
that they should not be personally suspect. On the 19th August the Imperial
Government replied putting up a much more limited scheme and refusing to
supply written details. The matter is now being considered by the British and
Soviet Governments.
(ii) Mr. M. H. Ismail, a trade representative from the Government of India,
arrived in Tehran on the 19th August.
4. United States Interests.
Colonel Francis P. Tomkins, United States Cavalry, has arrived in Tehran
to take up the appointment of military attache.
5. Italian Interests.
There are four Italian subjects still in the employ of the Persian naval forces
of the south, as follows :—
Three engineers : Gina, Zakola, Traldi.
One deep-sea diver : Bonero.
6 . German Interests.
Major Carl Frojl, who recently arrived in Tehran, has been appointed
assistant military attache at the German Legation.
7. Persian State Railways.
(i) Appendix A (Locomotives) to Intelligence Summary No. 16 (current) is
cancelled and Appendix A to this summary is substituted.
(ii) Bridges on the Tabriz-Julfa line:—
(а) Bridge over Haji rud (Talkhehrud) about 5 kilom. north-west of Tabriz.
Arched stone bridge consisting of twelve openings, each of 8 • 5 metres
width. Railway bridge only.
( б ) Bridge over river 20 kilom. north of Marand. Single-arched stone bridge.
(iii) Railway construction progress report up to end of July 1941 :—
(a) Mianeh-Maraqheh-Tabriz-Kotur. —From Mianeh up to the end of Lot 14
(about 80 kilom. from Mianeh) 20-30 per cent, completed. From
Lot 15 to Tabriz 5-15 per cent, of earthwork completed. All lots up
to Tabriz have been constructed and work is going on slowly. Cement
is urgently required. Contractors have not been given regular
advances, therefore work may be closed down indefinitely soon.
Tabriz-Kotur, only survey work is going on.
(b) Qum-Yezd-Kerman-Barm-Zahedan. —Six lots completed (up to 250 kilom.
from Qum). The six remaining lots up to Yezd under construction.
Lots 6-10 about 60-70 per cent, completed; Lots 11-12 about
5-10 per cent, completed. Beyond Yezd surveying is going on up to
Bafq (120 kilom. from Yezd).
(c) A hwaz-Khorramshahr. —No final decision has yet been taken regarding
the survey or construction of this line.
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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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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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- Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’
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- 114r:114v, 197v:198r, 310r:310v
- Author
- Pahlavi , Reza Shah
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