Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎139r] (278/938)

There is little change to report - i:icc the issue
of thclast suraraary. The Allied offensives in the West continue
to claim attention and are followed with considerable -interests both
on the radio and the daily news-sheet, the distribution of which has
been expanded since the landings in Kormandy took place. little
diminution has been noticeable in the general optimism as to the
^speedy conclusion of the war, though the public relations staff are
losing no opportunity of counteracting undue wishful thinking on
t-is subject. The new offensives, with the conclusions, both logical
and illogical, v/hich are drawn from them by the local public, some
what naturally tend to crov^d out news and discussions about the v/ar
in the Far East, the importance of v/hich to the v/orld in general and
himself in particular the local Persian refuses-presumabJy in common
with the majority of his countrymen- to recognise. It is much- to be
hoped that publicity material will contain an increasing number of
articles on this subject,^ future issues.
Only 8 cinema shows were given during the fort
night under review. This comparative paucity of shows was due to
the fact that for most of the fortnight only old films, which had
been exhibited many times, v/ere available and that, when a new/ con
signment was received tov/ards the end of the fortnight, the projector
lamp fused. Two lamps in replacement have since been received by
air from Tehran.
The exhibition « bui^d up •« on the subject of
Indian culture has been received from the Public Relations Bureau,
Tehran. This should be popular. It is intended to exhibit it in the
Reading Room for one week.
VII. FOODSTUFF'S .
(a) During the period under review lieutenant. Lemon
of the Jereal and Bread Department, Shiraz, visited Bushire, f ran
"/here he carried out a tour of the Dashti area*
(b) Reference paragraph V (a) of Summary llo. n Aqai
Fathullah Khan Hiat Daudi, accompanied by Sargurd Mu^arrab, returned
to Bush ire on 24 th June. The former appears to have been most
successful in nosing out caches of wheat and transporting them down to
. thv. coast in the tv/o lorries with vihich he has been provided by the
Cereals and Bread Department. Some further consignments have
been received by sea at Bushire, but continuous strong winds have
interi ... cd in regular shipments from Dilara, where the harbour is very
exposed. Fath/ullah Khan is hopeful of being able to ship about 500
tons in all from Liravi.
(c) A consignment of sugar .and tea recently taken
delivery of by Shaikh Abdullah Burazjani at Bushire ( see paragraph II
(d) of Summary Ho. 10) and dispatched to Shiraz turned out on arrival
at Shiraz to have been extensively tampered with. 240 cases of tea
were* found, on being opened, to contain waste paper. Shaikh Abdullah
proceeded to Bushire to examine the balance of his consignment there
in stock. He is reported to have failed up to the present to discover
how and where the exchange took place.
VIII. COMMERCIAL & SHIFPIH O.
3,633 packages were cleared from the CuetomB
during the fortnight. They consisted of 2,778 bags of sugar, 332
bales of cotton piece-goods, 100 bags of coffee, 76 bags of dried
lemons, 50 tins of ghee, 50 bundles of Hessian cloth, 45 bundles of
rope, 40 bundles of coir matting, 57 bags of turmeric and 125 packages
of sundries. .
2. The market was sluggish throughout the fortnight and remained
depressed, a contributory cause of the general business deoression
WAS. fc* aetlatation. of bankriv.tc}. of n leading merchant of Shiraz.