Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎41r] (82/1237)

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rep rte and denied a have been received daily einoe tfcen. wia
re.^ortea to be bringing with hiia an iaposing array of bran-new officials:
iattading to as ice a clean a«eep of the whole civil ad e i n(^ toaifiQi ji
AgerbaiJ uu , a -tMt# nentioned were i Aghai Noban f to^iw^O^Wnox
of Tabriz; dart ip Seif to be Chief of Police of the two Uetane; S^rljang
Pur Pa^tegar, to be Chief of Police in Tabriz; Paulat Shahi to be
Director of Pin©noe< Fatih mantas to be Directpr of]^itSioe;
wgaal Kbfitegar to be Prosecutor General; Lutfallah Tso a'l "Ab?ffr'^jT >M yy
J^ead oi the Tabriz Municipality # and Aghai Mashayakhl to be Governor
f Kezaiehf u der MeMi Parrukh#
The broom had in fact begun to sweep ahead.. ojT Farr^kh* dne of the
first to iall was Ghulaa Eeza Head of the Tabriz Municipality
(iee Diury Mo* 13, para 154). Another victim is Ibrahim Khojesteh, the
Governor of Mar&nd, an affable official, but one of no clear political
principles who is reputed to have done well out of the agrarian dispute
by taking douceurs from both fcides for the use of his good offices.
; 208. Kunlun ..vU.,aixb > .Uthough the lack oi any ^igas of approaching
J departure cannot be taken as indicating a lack of intent! n to evacuate
, on or before the prescribed date, feeling is hardening in certain
elansee that the Kussians will not go* The inspired local prsse still
treats the subject of evacuation as if it were not a fact but a
possibility, and still accuses Geyyid &ia of complicated intrigues
designed to keep the "allies M in Persia#
While it is reported here that the Soviet authorities in Tehran
made a direct approach to the Iranian Government to prevent the
appointment of Mehdl Farrukh as Governor-General in Azerbai jan, Russian
opposition in this province ha& be^n expressed through the Democratic
Party* Direct action was, however, taken in one particular by the
Commandant of the Soviet garrison* On receiving news that F&rrukh had
left Tehran, the Fereian Commandant here sent a party of 25 soldiers
with orders to form a ^uard on the road at dustanabad, about 40 miles
from Tabriz* The officer in charge of the party was provided with a
pass in due form fr m the Russian authorities* At the Soviet check-
post at the exit from Tabriz the party waa stopped* The pass was
produced, but tn© aentry, after scrutinizing it, aaid h© still could not
allow the party to proceed, since the pass, while being good for 25
soldiers, did not mention the 25 rifles they were carrying. fh~ Matter
was referred to the Persian General aled to Lieut •-General
Glinsky. Glinaky, according to the Persian General, su ported the
sentry’© line of argument• Being asked to issue t n amended pass he said
he would do so, but del yed until it bee&ae mown that Farrukh was
not coming after all*
The Soviet authorities here seem to be taking even less trouble
! to conceal their interest in the separatist movements than formerly.
I while the visit of eig^t Kurdish chieftains to Baku was surrounded
by what was probably a conventional and automatic air of myatery, little
care seems to have been taken to hide the object of the vidit or the
gift of a print 1 % press and a quantity of news print that followed
on it* In Tabriz, Fishavari, the leader of the Democratic Farty, is
known to spend hours every day at the Soviet Consulate-Geis ral, and it
lias been noticed by readers that the language of tha Party newspaper,
"Azerbaijan”, is becoming aor© and more mixed with the Baku idiom -
to such an extent ae to render some of it uninteliigible to the
Tabriz!# The inference drawn is that the paper is written entirely
[ by Gauoaalan Soviet citizens*
Reports of unknown ruliaoility continue to be received of increased
concent. atioms of Russian troop® in Western Azerbaijan along the
Turkish frontier. T^e opinion of the Persian Coaiiiandant in Azerbaijan
Is that the number of xv U jasian troop® in the province has not been
increased# but there has u ndoubtedly been some movement, and thare
are fresh troops in the town, no doubt replacement®* A large force
jwith ^uns and equipment was reported moving out of Tabriz in the
direction of <Julf a on September 30th.
Mew military telephone lines have been laid ir m Tabriz to
Gulf a and from Tabriz to Maragha#!
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