'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎127r] (266/414)

Instance received orders of suspension in the month of May
for acceptance of bribes and was relieved on the 1st June
by Aqai Forugh who held charge of the appointment for the ,
rest of the veer,
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(i) Police Department.
Sarhang Hurmoz Givian remained as Chief of
Police throughout the year. In the earlier stages of the Tudeh
movement when the Government's policy was not known his
attitude towards them was considered too mild but after a
short visit to Tehran in July he changed and took the strongest
measures against the Tudeh on all occasions. Throughout
the Tudeh troubles he was ably and loyally supported by Captain
Hishmati, his assistant. Sarhang Givian successfull^rounded up
a gang of burglars who for some time had been troubling the
townsfolk and recovered most of the property stolen. At his
suggestion, the Central Government have provided a sum of
20,000 tomansfor the construction of a new prison. Work on
the new prison started in-the middle of the year, Sarhang
Givian is a friendly and cooperative officer.
(J) iosts anc Tole..;ra]:hs.
Aqai Mustafa Siruspoor held the post of Director
of Posts and Telegraphs until June when he left for Tehran on
leave. Work in the Department deteriorated during his period
of office. Telegrams were frequently delivered very late and
when the accumulation of them was more than his staff coula aeal
with they were sent th their destinations hj post. He cooperated
freely with the Tudeh Party and was accused of disclosing offi-
-cial and public telegrams to them. As the result of many com-
-plaints he was recalled to Tehran ana Aqai Ahmad oaari, a
former Director, took charge on the 9th September and remained in
office until the end of the year.
(k) Ijealth Department .
Aqai Ali Akbar Vakili held charge of the post
of Chief Medical Officer, Kerman, until July 10th when he
was arrested by the Police and sent to Tehran for his Tudeh
ictivities. Before his dep rture he appointed Dr. Seyed Jawad
Kahhari to officiate in his place but the Ustandari appointed
Dr. Llohammad Nav/abi as they ruled that a man under arrest was ,
not qualified to appoint his successor. As Dr, Yezdi was at
the time Minister for Health and a Tudeh supporter he confirmed
officially the appointment of Dr. Kahhari. During his
ove^long tenure js ead of the 3ihdarli he had ruineo. one medic aj.
services of the province and the majority of those serving under
him were glad of' his removal, Vakili was only allowed to
return to'his former post in Kerman after he had given the
fullest assurances to exclude politics from his duties and
:* ^assocllte himself from the Tudeh, which he did. He returned
to Kerman in his former capacioy on .he 12tn December a d-A.s
illusioned and very subdued man.
The local Health Department received funds'
amounting/to 20,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. towards the construction of a
Government Hospital in Sirjan.
The Shah contributed 170,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. towards the
construction of a 60 bed hospital in Kerman the foundations of
which were laid over three years ago.
It is reported that during the year under re-
-view large quantities of drugs of the Health Depfrtment have
been sold to loc^l druggists and the proceeds misappropriated
by individual members of the department,
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