Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎222r] (444/938)

(a) British Officials <
^ (i) Captain J.B.Hcwcs, His Majesty’s Ccnsul,
Bushire, returned from Shiraz or# August 19th.
(ii) Mr. G.N.Jackson, Under Secretary to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , returned from Kuwait, where he had
been officiating as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , on August 21st and left for
Shiraz on August 23rd.
(iii) Captain P.F.C. Nicholson, Vice-Consul, Bushire,^left
fer Kerman, where he will officiate as Consul, cn August 28th.
(b) Allied Officials .
Nil.
( c ) Persian Officials .
Aqai Kasnai, who officiated as Governor for a period
last year, has returned to resume his substantive post as I ayor
of Bushire.
II LOCAL AFFAIRS .
(a) There now seems to be a reasonable chance that the
elections, if net again postponed by the Governor-General, may
take place in about a week. The Gulf Ports constituency has
7 candidates for 2 seats. This is perhaps inevitable where no
deposit is taken from candidates, but it is even more remarkable
that the voters should be able to vote even for persons who Lave
not entered a candidature. In actual fact, the Election Committ'.o
have allotted numbers of votes to the different areas, and the
remainder is merely a matter of securing the interest of the dom
inant Khans and Rais’s.
#*
(b) Aqai Safavi, member for Bushire in the present Majlis,
has telegraphed the Governor that he has secured the necessary
10 million rials from the Shah for the prevision of a drinking
water system for the town. Some such scheme has long been a
matter of necessity, and the matter was discussed, by H.II.Consul
with Professor Winsor, of the Persian Government Irrigation^
Department, last spring. Naturally, however, th&Tnatter hinged
on the provision of funds.
III. COMMUNICATIONS .
Cable and Wireless Limited are now clearing all the traffic
previously handled by the Persian Government wireless station.
The latter is shortly to be closed down, and the censor, Mr. Dann,
withdrawn.
IV. WAR SUPP LIES.
*
The Movement Control Officer has reported that, since he
stationed British Other Ranks to supervise the opening of the
cases of lorries on delivery to the U.K.C.C,' assembly yard, a
total of nearly 700 lorries were delivered without any shortage
of parts. This seems to establish almost beyond doubt that the
pilferage of spare parts, which was previously maintained to be
taking place between ship and shore, actually took place in the
U.K.C.C yard.
V. TRIBA L AND POLITICAL .
( a ) Dashti .
The disarmament column operating in Dashti has been