Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎132r] (264/1237)

ua Miayr 12th* m ait-crazon u u party ta.- helU ww
Britlsii U'.'k.suI v. uc-'a. uo mliLah ab > t 90 wppl# a-or^ l^vitjedf
iiial-.iiiiut, tae Ooasular Corps, Aroian oiiicialk, aerSfeSte add
ajtatolafc, Kueslaa sallit&r rf oftlcora t.ad clvlIlaA
British &«erlG&a aad Frcnich c mauai loa* I'da t«a party & as followed
ay a i Uiu sh >w wh.ish, l>oeau&s of the Halted ladoor aoco iodotlon^ could
De 4 lye a to sa oudlenoe ol oaiy thirty, taut la, the brltlah, Frsach
aau Akoricaa oo^uaitiea mad some oi the auasians*
,* tag aoralii*. oi Sunday# ^ey Idth-, © thanks^servioe was
iicid at the 1 reach Catholic hazard at ^isalm Church# In the ©vealog
ol tiie OdBUi day thu Hus si aha celehratei with a gay party at the pr.:Kiisa
□i the Iraao-Sovlet ^ultui'iii. Society# arid oii u*jiy l<itb* the Azerbaijan
Br u*. h clothe Ireedoa Froat held a Victory Meeting at the Fiz*daual
iich.jol • ^h« >illy eatcx'tuliu..eat here was Turk! and Feraian eloQuence•
while thfe general tendency of the Xabrizia is to disxise the war
against Japan a& a here matter of mopping up which will be done by
& am* on* cl e at a safe Hat ace, several of the local spec ter a did
iiake a ppropriate references to the lar ^sat, and expreseeci the hope
that the celebration of final victory :nd whs acfe&t of Faaolan
everywhere would not be long cel yed# ihe hussisiiB celebrated
whole-icartedly and in fc reat gooa rplrits# and the local official»
managed to convey .... speech and manner an adequate exp re rslon of
pleasure # but not &ur;.ri8i ly# c »noid ring the general outlook of
the Azerbaijani a and their rc.coteaes. from the war# there wm no
e xt. he i ■ e ..bl ic re j o ic in •
A»ong the callere at the Britieu Conaulate-Oener®i on the day of
Victory # wat & u<s legation of three iftenbers of the Azerbaijan Branch
of the Freedom Fronts - Habib A ; uacedeh, All Hhabietary and Dr#
Bhaeid. Xrey ; ave tue Acting Co.,sui##Oeiieral the congratulations of
their organiir. tion and handed la a aeusage which they wished to bo
eent to the rrlme minister of ure&t Biltain# the message concluded
with the hope that -^r# Qhurohill would not forget the sacrifices
...ads by Iran in the cause oi democracy#
The Iranian Fra s*, nda Department woke up for the occasion and
annotiixced the Allied Victory to the world in a bulletin of which a
tr^nalati a 1^ given as an appendix to tula dl -ry#
^b# ffafj..Afiujlrg.# A msu^ur of oocee L as icr celebration, b«i ides
V.h. Dcy, iiave occurred in the peri od uuu er review# Much Bat been
oi whs 25th# Ahuiver ary oj the foiaiaiii^, of the Azerbaijan
deviet iiepublic. uii April 27th# a concert was given in honour of
tuie 0 c,;a*ion ay pupiIs of the new Russian school in Tabriz, the affsii
»» hi combined with ah exhibition of handicrafts and urawlag and
a physical training ui. play# The i.an j-Sovi-. t Oultur 1 Bo iety
celebrated the aame occaal a with a soiree on April 29th. Xhe speechec
wiiile dealing mainly v» ith the? soc al and# econoaic Inprovenenta
effected in the U f ucasus u..der Bovict Adni .iatration, did not XVil to
stress the word "Aaerbaijea”, &na matic pluin trie eugge...tion of a
com.u>a Interest and destiny for both Azerbalj ..na to whion the occasion
naturally 1 at itself# A tslegran of oougratulati n to be sent to the
Bavict wperlbaij*n K^pu^l.c «as read at the iaeeting and an inscribed
gold plague was exhiblted f hi on was to be presented by a elevation
frm Tabriz to tne Aoademy of Beicnees in Baku# Tne delegation^
c zyuoseci of 16 notables of Tabriz ana aecompi niel by the Buaeian
Uoncui-Qmeral, M# f. Aatveev# left fabrix on May 3 rd* faeir visit wai
expected to last ID days# Two Tabriz ladle a — hard work! u uic.'iibers
oi the UoiiLuittee of tue cultural Society - Frlacaee Hanlja 'Qajar and
Aitiidar i'.hanurn# viho hud expected to accomps.iy the delegation# were* told
at tiit last mnute that no authority to grant them visas had been
x*r. ce ived#
international Labour on Ray Xzt* wua marked by a gymkhana at
the H Hippo dr one ** ol the Soviet garrison. Lie ut enant-»0 jmixH Gliaeky,
the v.f; leer Jo landing the Soviet Garris »u# entertained a few official!
&iui trie Oonsular Corps to a picnic Ivu^cmoa* The day was a g oeral
h iidty tiueUt.nout Azerbaijan#
Another Seviet-inayir#d celebration was a concert held on kay 5th,
the ^«d Lion and Sun Theatre to commem •rate the 150th# anniversary
of the Armenian poet ana musician Slyad Hova#
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