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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [380v] (760/807)
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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8. The Government has prohibited the export of potatoes and onions.
9. A statement has been published in the press giving a denial to the reports
that the British military authorities were exporting wheat from Persia, and
stating that, on the contrary, 60,000 tons of wheat had been imported from
Canada and India.
Persian Forces.
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10. There has been some criticism of the Persian army in the Majlis of its
inability to maintain order in spite of the large sums of money spent on it in
recent years, suggestions for its reduction, and even for its disbandment. The
Minister for War, in reply, said that recent events had shown that the army had
been unsuitably organised, but that it wasrnow being reconstituted.
11. The Shah has ordered the trial by court-martial of all senior officers
who deserted their posts at the time of the British and Russian invasion.
12. Two battalions of infantry from the Tehran divisions are being sent to
Pars to relieve two local battalions, in the hope that the former will prove more
reliable.
A 'ppointments—M ilitary.
13.—(i) Sartip Hassan Arfa (M.A. 30) (F.O. 37) to be Inspector-General of
Cavalry.
(ii) Sarhang Mohamed Bagher Hushmand to be Chief of the Military
Police.
(iii) Sarhang Shahrais to the Director of the 1st Bureau, General Staff.
Fars.
14.
Internal Security.
The situation has not improved, nor has it outwardly worsened.
Kurdistan.
15. According to an announcement in the press, there has been an encounter
between rebel Kurds and Persian forces at Sahib (12 miles south of Saqqiz). It
reports that on the 7th and 8th April two Kurdish chiefs, Osman Agha
Pushtidari and Khoda Abdollah, with fifty-four of their followers were killed.
Polish Affairs.
16. The evacuation of the first echelon of Poles from Krasnovodsk has been
completed.
The following numbers have been landed at Pahlevi :—
Military Poles—
Males 30.030
Women ... ... ... ... ... i ••• 1,159
Boys ... ... ... ... ••• .•• 1,880
Civilian Poles— *
Males ... ... ... ... ... ••• 1,772
Women ... ... ... ... ... 5,897
Children ... ... ... ... ••• 3,070
Arrangements have been made for the temporary accommodation in Tehran
of the civilian refugees.
Egyptian Affairs.
17. The appointment of Abdul Latif Talat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
as Minister of Egypt in
Tehran has been announced.
Tehran, April 14, 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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- 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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