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against him appears to be due to a quarrel ^ilth 3argud Nuri
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Officer Gommandins the Bus'uire Garrison, who has always
been sympathetic to the Axis and has disapproved of
cooperation by Persian officials with us.
(g) During the night of the 4th- 5 th February a house
in the centre of the town was broken into by thieves
and almost everything moveable taken. The following
morning a taxi driver on Ms way to Chagadak was stor :od
by this Rang and forced to Mve them at high speed to
Chagadak. Two of the gan" are known to have come from
Tangistan.
III. COMFJKICAIIOIIo
(a) lieference paragraph 111(a) of my report for 15th
January. Hessares from this Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. were transmitted
by the Persian /ireless station for two days during
the fortnight as the Bushire-Fao cable was interrupted.
(b) On two occasions during the period Bushire exper
ienced exceptionally heavy rainfall .-nd on each
i occasion floods caused considerable damage to the
Bushire-ohiraz road, especially in the neirhbourhood
of Chagadak. For a time the road was closed to
all traffic.
1 (c) The military cypher unit which arrived rec^n ly
in Bushire with a wireless van, has now established
contact with Ahwaz and Basra, and is accepting all
military traffic.
IV. WAR bUPPLIGS
(a) The American ships, James 3.Richardson and
Cardinal Gibbons arrived at Bushire on the 26th January
and 5th February respectively with cargoes of M.T.,
tinned food, barbed wire and automobile spare parts -
all for Russia.
(b) 268 vehicles were assembled and 241 despatched
during the period.
(c) 1096 tons of cargo were despatched during the
800 tons for U.3.S.R., 6526 tons of civil cargo con
sisting principally of sugar, tea and piece-goods, and
316 tons of British Military supplies).
(d) The I.W.T. tu^ ->.T.9 has now been repaired and the
39 year old tug mentioned in paragraph 4(e) of my Summary
for 15th January is being tov*ed to Basra.
V. TRIBAL AND POLITICAL
(a) In a letter addressed to this Consulate General,
Hussain Namju, the Chief of Buluk Drazi in the Dashti
area, has enquired why no action has yet been taken to
restore security in Tangistan and Dashti and hov* it is
that the authorities are content to leave these two
districts in the hands of men of the type of Rais All
Chahoiri, whom he described as "a rioter treacherous
and selfish 1 '. He hoped that no>r that a good relations
existed between the British and Persian Governments,
action would be taken to rectify this lamentable state
of affairs and offered to assist in any way he could.
eriod. Cargo awaiting despatch totals 7642 tons
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