Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎319r] (640/1237)

landlords and sarctumts la the elsction. «. -iarciu;aJco i 8 atatod to
h mt vaU** to tt-a wnatnar tha cZudat;
towe^i llLif* t • f ttet tlie ‘rttlsh and uaslane wera
iiowerer alilea, Mr* ^.archanko ratamea ao rapiy. Thie ator/
nat"*^ Vi , ;’ d f ou F°® fmcl is «>eli«v»d to U« authentic. Out even if it ie
^ 0W soviet actitias hav« eacoiir^ad tlia ld*a that
thara la a fundamental lack of unit/ batvaaa the allies*
... :*** ^nian election is not yet finished, but the iudeh Ir^m
o&ndidata, Ardaahe* Qhaneusian, is certain of suceeae. Qertain
Iran speakers on his behalf haar* taken the
opportunity oi making iurther attacks on ^eyyid Ua with insinuations
ae to tiie influenoea behind him* a Qaa
onfnim, ?^i v . XhB ^ aa; ‘ lan ^ 0 *Pit«l la elaoet ready for
bpenlng* yivlllans, zm ac«ing uu© w ian donfcul-ueneral stjates, will
he accepted as ps/lag patients on the same basis as at the Russian
ajapital in Tehran* do building uas yet bc.n f ound for the '^uso i -in
school. Am of iclal explanation is that this school is being
rendered neoessnr/ by the great increase in Uie nuaber of Russian
call area in iabrls, particularly off leers' f^iiiss, for which the
existing school accoai^odstion ie inadequate, it is confirmed tint
lik- intention ie also to accept a certain number of loe<\l oupils.
h large cinema in course of erection at labris when the
us elans entered Ascrbaijan is to be comolated. It is stated that
the aeae/ auvanced to the caapary for this purpose comes frtaa <usslsn 1
sources tiu jugh tae a Jewish intex^mediary and that exclusively Soviet
iilrne arc to ue shown*
security in iabris has been improved by the formation of
mixed itusiuisn-Xraaiaa patrols Xor ni^t duty, ihe ersian police
report at the *tubaian military headguarters, where they receive their
instructions* this arrangement is criticised jy some persons as an
unwarrantable interference with internal *flairs, but tije prastiaal
results are evrtainly satisfactory* ihere has also been snae critic
ism of the AUbsiaa action in suppressing ttje Persian police posts at
uhe entrancs to iabria, where they hove oeen i^»olseed by ii>xs 3 ian
military posts.
Further gardens on the outskirts of iabris have b^.n occupied
-y Aueeion troops, iliich will assn »sre tree-fell ing, still a subject
01 mu on com pi ai n t *
J- lv * ^uida.._in . grab Shallow vessel with a projecting bow. * Reports continue to be received
^xtat pro-soviet propaganda is being actively carried on in this
district. 4 he conditions are certainly fsv>ursble as there are many
Caucasian refugee© living Uxere, while msny local people used to seek
eapio/ment in ^aku elsewhere in ^ueai© and thus speak Hussisn*
mix is a tendency to create local Soviet© and to flout const ituted
authority. political t^xkienciee are also exemplified by a protest
signed ioy live hundred people which has been sent to the Prime
minister am Majlis against tbs enemy of the workers and peas rant a,
^ia# n the other hand the same signatories have sent a letter
□X congratulations to iisaivari, the fabri© iudeh Iran deputy. Mie
uoveraor-aeaeral is reported to have given instructions to tii©
hakhehidar end^geadsnserle to deal with any civil disobedience imd to
prohibit political gatherings* 1
1 ^[' 9 **Mm Ibrahim ^1-Khsnl ^adeh, son of Amir An©ad,
relates that hs eowunisated to his father the request of Fart ip
dawadi isce paragraph 102 of this hiary) that he should send a tele-
t0 P^hran asking for a military officer to be posted to Fahabad
to look aftw tribal all airs, his fatiicr replied, the son states,
tiu^t lie himself would be willing to send the telegram, but it w'old
nave no force ualefas signed by tlie other KuaMish chiefs, whom he
wj.il yet have to consult. Part ip Jawsdi's move is, however, regarded
aa a manoeuvre to obtain the acquiescence of the tribes In a
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