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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [317r] (633/807)
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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November 5. 1941.
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(No. 140. 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. 21 for the period ending the
1st October, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation. oJUx
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Intelligence Summary No. 21 for the Week ending October 1, 1941. ’
(Secret.)
The Shah and the Imperial Family.
THE ex-Shah embarked at Bandar Abbas on the steamship Bandra on the
27th September.
2. The following persons embarked with Reza Shah at Bandar Abbas :—
The ex-Queen Consort,
Princess Shams Pahlevi,
Prince Ali Reza Pahlevi,
Prince Abdur Reza Pahlevi.
Prince Mohamed Reza Pahlevi.
Princess Fatimeh Pahlevi,
Prince Gholam Reza Pahlevi,
Prince Hamid Reza Pahlevi,
M. Feraidun Jam.
All except the last named are the offspring of Reza Shah.
3 . Since their departure there is a noticeable decrease in the hostility of
public opinion towards the new Shah that was noticeable before his accession.
4. The Queen has returned to Tehran from Isfahan.
Internal.
Persian Affairs.
5. Disorder continues to increase. Highway robbery, and even raids by
armed parties on villages, have been reliably reported from different areas.
t Especially in Azerbaijan, the situation grows worse. Robbery is rife; the
• disarmed Persian police and gendarmerie are incapable of dealing with it; the
Russians are not interested. Commerce is dead. Talk of secession continues.
Azerbaijan can now hardly be counted a part of Persia. The Turkish Consul is
considering evacuating Turkish subjects to Turkey.
6 . Owing to Russian obstructiveness, the usual flow of supplies from the
northern provinces southwards has almost ceased.
7. In Tehran there is increasing resentment against the presence of Russian
; troops, and until they are removed some distance from the capital it is unlikely
that the Government will be able to achieve effective measures of reform. The
situation here is generally deteriorating. There is growing criticism of the
present Government, instigated largely, no doubt, by those who would like to be
in it. Every kind of intrigue is rife : old out-of-office politicians trying to get
back; young would-be politicians trying to oust the old; mullahs striving to
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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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