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1. Coll 28/97A ‘Persia; Tehran. Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence summary.’
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- Abstract: Fortnightly secret summaries (monthly from September 1948) compiled by the Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Tehran, Persia [Iran]. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/97A ‘Perisa; Tehran; Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence Summaries’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3508A). The reports cover: the Persian Air Force, including its activities, organisation, equipment, training, pilots’ licences, and the Shah’s personal interest in flying and the Persian Air Force; Persian civil aviation, including Eagle Airlines, Iranian Airways, and the Tehran Flying Club, also referred to as the Tehran Aero Club; reports on the development and status of airfields across Persia, including descriptions of meteorological and radio facilities; weather conditions; foreign military attachés; foreign airlines, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, and Indian Overseas Airlines.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 99; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
2. Coll 28/97A ‘Perisa; Tehran; Air Attache’s Weekly Intelligence Summaries’
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- Abstract: Weekly secret summaries (fortnightly from January 1947) compiled by the Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Tehran. The reports cover: the Persian [Iranian] Air Force, including its activities on the ‘Azerbaijan front’ in late 1946, aircraft purchases, the training of pilots, and the Shah’s personal interest in the Air Force; Persian civil airlines, including the activities of the Persian Government’s Civil Aviation Department and its director, Ahmed Chafik Bey, and airlines including the Persian State Airline, Iranian Airways, and Eagle Airlines; foreign airlines, and their flights in and out of Persia, including the British Overseas Airways Corporation, Air France, and Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, and Czech airlines. Observations on airfields and landing strips in Persia are attached to several of the summaries as appendices. These vary in the level of detail given, but can include: location; landing area dimensions and markings; fuelling, repair and medical facilities; accommodation; transport links; and meteorological information. Also distributed throughout the file are periodic reports on the numbers of aircraft in Persia, listing owner, manufacturer, engine, and whether the aircraft is in a serviceable or repairable state.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 139; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’
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- Abstract: The file is concerned with proposals for the development of civil aviation services connecting Iran (frequently referred to as Persia) with Iraq and India. It therefore includes correspondence related to proposed aerial surveys of possible routes. The question of whether three airfields at Zahidan, Mirjarah, and Kerman – built in consequence of the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran – should be retained for future civil use is also addressed by some of the correspondence.Some of the material in the file examines the interest of the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States in Iranian civil aviation.A report titled ‘Air Transport in Persia – 1944 and afterwards’ by Walter Leslie Runciman, Air Attaché at Tehran, has been included: see folios 119-129. An accompanying map illustrating proposed and existing air routes can be found on folio 130. The file also includes a couple of sketch maps: see folios 103 and 143.The most recent correspondence in the file is concerned with the re-establishment of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) services in 1946 between the United Kingdom (UK) and Tehran.The main correspondents are as follows: HM Ambassador to Iran (Sir Reader William Bullard), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the India Office, and representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.There is a gap in the file for the years 1942-43 for which no papers have been included.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 182; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.