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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [369v] (738/807)
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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The Government’s programme is to be announced at a, public session on
Thursday, the 12th March, after which a vote of confidence in the new Cabinet
will be taken.
2. Economic.
The present wheat shortage is being aggravated by a deficiency in M.T.
Surplus stocks exist in some areas, but cannot be transported to areas in need
of supplies. Contracts with the British military authorities at better rates than
the Persian Government has paid have also created a shortage of lorries available
for the transportation of wheat.
It has already been suggested to the Persian Government that a proper use
of the considerable A.T. resources of the country would go far towards remedying
this evil.
Persian A rmy.
3. (See paragraph 4 of last Summary, No. 42/9.)
The Chief of the General Staff has said that his intention is to form a
division in Isfahan instead of a brigade because (a) the locality is centrally
situated, and (b) it is near the largest recruiting area.
Internal Security.
4. Khorassan (see paragraph 5 of last Summary, No. 42/9).
Soulat-es-Sultaneh is still in hiding at Kalat Nadiri, but his following has
nearly all dispersed. The arrival of Persian troops in the Quchan-Bujnurd area
has had a steadying effect.
5. Ears.
Acts of brigandage on the Shiraz-Bushire road and the Shiraz-
Tul-i-Khosrovi road are reported. Operations in Dashti based on Khornuj
against Ali Ismail’s followers have begun again.
6. Kurdistan.
According to the Chief of the General Staff, the situation in Kurdistan is
still serious. Insufficient troops and the uphelpful attitude of the Russians in
not allowing Persian troops into Urumieh and Mehrabad (Sauj Bulaq) are
hindering operations, since, without a simultaneous advance southwards from
Mehrabad through Saqqiz, operations northwards from Senneh must lose much
of their efficacy if the Kurds can slip away either northwards into the Russian
zone or westwards over the Iraq border.
7. Azerbaijan.
Persian troops have advanced from Ardebil towards MughanatQ in their
cleaning-up operations.
Tehran, March 10, 1942.
( 1 ) Not traceable, but thought to be between Ardebil and Ahar.
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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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- 1 file (401 folios)
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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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