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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [364r] (727/807)
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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All military stations, depots and premises were very heavily guarded.
Transport markings as follows :—
(i) 4-figure numbers (or two sets of two figures), all commencing 54 or 45.
i.e., 5467.
4592.
(ii) D plus 3-figure numbers.
Two types of men were seen :—
(i) Very young recruits—boys of about 16 being common.
(ii) Stiffening of older men, many dressed in clothing suggestive of having
come from a much colder area; it may be that the area is used for rest.
A report was received that the area commander at Shahi was Major
Zelinovsky. All attempts to check this failed.
Babul Sar is definitely a general hospital and convalescent area.
Isolated sentries seen on coast road looking out to sea, coast-watching.
Generally speaking, officers are prepared to join in drinking parties, but one
or two always remain completely sober and control conduct of remainder.
Suggested that extensive training in guerrilla warfare is being carried out
in Mazanderan, where the country is very suitable for this. Equipment (parties
of about forty) : 2/4 mortars, varying numbers of automatic weapons, dummy
hand grenades, &c.
The Russian troops are paying cash for all purchases and there are no
complaints of their treatment of locals.
All amusements provided for troops are entirely self-contained and no
encouragement is given to mix with troops. Locals are not allowed to attend
military entertainments.
No surface propaganda—the suggestion being that the Russians hope for a
gradual collapse entailing intervention, which would strengthen any post-war
claims to control a community incapable of conducting its own affairs.
Local relations : nil.
(b) Identifications. —Identifications : nil. Security is obviously an integral
part of training.
(c) Locations.
Pahlevi : Two companies, guarding docks.
Naushahr: Battalion headquarters, guarding docks. Naval W/T
station.
Babul Sar : One cavalry regiment.
Shahi : Base sub-area. Headquarters, infantry regiment (three
battalions). A/T battery (two guns seen). Field regiment.
250 lorries. Horsed limbers.
Sari : Divisional headquarters. Headquarters, infantry regiment.
100 horsed transport. General Commanding.
Gorgon : Headquarters, infantry regiment (one battalion only). Heavy-
workshop. Field artillery regiment. Aerodrome north of town :
probably regular service.
Resht: Two companies infantry. New aerodrome built but not used
west of town).
Iz-i-Deh : Nil.
Feruzkuh : Nil.
Zirab : Possibly one platoon : not in evidence.
Bandar Shah (Caspian) : Two companies infantry. (Administration,
transport and guard duties.)
Chalus : One battalion infantry (based on Naushahr); guard duties.
Behshahr: One company infantry. Seventy trucks (based Bandar
Shah).
(d) Strength. —Total strength in the area visited :—-
M.T. ... ... ... ... 1,000 vehicles.
Troops 15.000
Tehran, February 17, 1942.
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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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