مجموعة ٢٨ /١٠ "بلاد فارس؛ يوميّات؛ قنصلية مشهد يناير ١٩٣١ - مايو ١٩٤٠. الشؤون السياسية في خراسان ١٩٣٤ – مايو ١٩٤٠. تقارير نصف شهرية عن خراسان" [و‎‎٩‎٨] (١٣٠١/١٩٨)

that he was in jail until May 1939, when she approached
this Consulate. On May 16th application was made for
a member of the Consulate to he allowed to visit the
hoy in jail* After delaying a reply on various
pretexts, the (Jove norate answered on June 6th that the
case had been dealt with and the hoy released.
According to the hoy f s own statement he was never brought
before a court at all until June 1st, when the Court
Inspector told him that he had been convicted and
sentenced to 2 months imprisonment and that he was now
free. The boy himself appears to be a ne’er-do-well
and it was not considered advisable to make any official
protest*
MlftHARY AFFAIRS .
149. Col. 3hahri, the Brigadier at Zabul, who had won
golden opinions for having saved Zabul from destruction
has been suspended for some unknown reason and recalled
to Tehran. His place has been taken by Col. Shaibani
from Iranshahr.
ttfc. IBANIAB OFFICIALS .
150. Col. Mukri, Governor General of Muicran, paid a
visit to Zabul from the 17th to 21st June*
151. Major Sadri, for many years Secretary to the
Governor General in Zahidan, has been transferred to
Ispahan. He left on June 15th.
Bafaat, Iranian Consul at Quetta, arrived 1
Zahidan on June 21st and called on H.B.M’s Vice-Consul
the following day.
COMMUNICATIONS .
153. Work on the zahidan - Chahbar
undertaken in earnest and it is hoped
working in another 3 months.
telegraph line has/
to have the line ^
154. The road from Shahrud to Gurgaon is now reported
to have been completed and opened to traffic, and the
continuation from Gurgaon to Bujnurd which is at present
a nawxlxxEt mere track is said to have been formallv
sanctioned. *
155. Heference para H9.
The mail service from Meshed to Zahidan has
improved. The contractor has been fined 2.700 rials
for unpunctual deliveries.
156. Heference para 120.
tc r , i K 0 « m0 ? e throu S il x ^ips by bus between ouetta and
E. Iran have been reported. Apparently drivers not
Acuities with the Iranian autoo^tLs in
one matter of their visas but also object to having to
pay municipal taxes in Quetta. ua*j.ug to
THE KIMfl *3
usull the was celebrated as
usual. At Zahidan British subjects were received in
the morning and the principal Iranian officials
®" t ® r ( ^ ine d J 0 dinner in the evening. in addition some
65 Indian school children were entertained to tea and
games on the afternoon of the 7th. at Iseshed thf> no„„i