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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [355r] (709/807)
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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Copy No. 95
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received February 21.)
(No. 31.)
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. 4 for period the 19th January to
the 26th January, 1942, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, January 27, 1942.
Enclosure.
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(Secret.)
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 4 for the Sr)oiJb7
January 19 to January 26, 1942. 1/
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Persian Affairs.
Political.
The second reading of the treaty in the Majlis began on the 25th and will
probably be finished on the 26th. Ratification is generally expected. Reports
that the Russians have been instigating opposition to the treaty have induced
some wavering Deputies to accept it.
2. The Majlis has ratified the Bill amalgamating the Ministry of Commerce
with that of Industry and Mines.
3. Economic problems have engaged the press during the last week.
The Government has been urged to take steps against profiteering and to control
prices. Doubts have been expressed of the wisdom of abolishing Government
monopolies. The present rial-sterling rate of exchange, which w T as fixed by
decree last October at 140 rials to the pound, has been criticised as being too high,
having regard to the amount of sterling the Persian Government is now
acquiring, and the Minister of Finance has been obliged to defend it as best he
could in the Parliament and the press.
4. Rumours have been current in the city that Tehran is to be reoccupied
by British and Russian troops. These probably arise from the arrival in Tehran
of detachments of administrative units of British troops in connexion with the
evacuation of Poles from Russia.
5. About 100 people from Mazanderan and Gilan have come to Tehran to
demand that the Majlis should take steps to return to them the lands of which
they were dispossessed by Reza Shah.
Officials.
6.—(i) Ghulam Reza Ardalan to be Farmandar of Burujird.
(ii) Kazim Sharifi to be Farmandar of Gulpaigan.
(iii) Mohamed Sa’ed (252) (182), Persian Ambassador in Moscow, who has
been on leave, is returning to Moscow.
(The first figures refer to Military Attache’s, and second to Foreign Office,
Personalities.)
Internal Security.
Northern Pj'Ovinces.
7. The Governor of Urumieh has arrived in Tehran. He reports that, until
the arrival of the Soviet Consul, the attitude of Soviet officials, who were then
controlled by General Novikoff, commanding Russian forces in North-West /
Persia, was correct and even helpful. Since the consul arrived there has been
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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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