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assistance. Much to the relief of Abdur
Rahim’s mind it was subsequently ascer
tained that this armed party consisted of 40
Amir Rasul’s bandits which after being
Bhgaged by the Herat troops was complete
ly defeated and dispersed. The Sarhaddar
lias since been summoned to Herat to give
an explanation to the Naib Salar for issuing
this false report.
Note.— This incident is only inportant in tha4; it
shows Abdur Rahim’s attitude towards the possibility
of Amanullah Khan’s return to Afghanistan.
IV—Central Asiatic Republics.
12. The following information has been
obtained from a resident of Sarai Kamar
who left there on the 18th April and who
has since arrived in Meshed :—
(i) Red troops .—About 100 men be
longing to the 81st Cavalry Regi
ment arrived in Sarai Kamar from
Termez on the 4th April.
(ii) G. P. U. Troops. —These belong to
the 48th G. V. U. Frontier Guard
“ Otryad ”. There are 14 posts
held by G. P. U. troops between
Sarai Kamar and Termez. These
are as follows : Faizabad, Imam
Sahib (presumably a post so named
in Soviet territory opposite Imam
Sahib which is within Afghan
territory, Jarkeshkin (not on map),
Pyanj, Kurra Jaid (not on map),
Jallil Kul, Takhta Kuval, Aivaj,
Turn Guzar (not on map), Turn
Tukolai (not on map) Khatin
Robat, Khowaja Gul Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. (not
on map), Irwatan and Hazara
Tughai (near Termez).
(in) Navigation on the Amy Darya.—
There is a weekly steamer service
for passengers and freight between
Termez and Sarai Kumar, mer
chandise arriving in Sarai Kamar
from Termez is exported to
Afghanistan where it is sold at
very low prices.
13. Deportation of Caucasians to Tur
kestan .—A recent arrival from Charjui who
travelled to Meshed via Askhabad states
that he observed 2 train loads of Caucasian
<£ prisoners ” in all about 1,500 elderly men,
women and children, at Askhabad. These
people who comprised Tartars, Georgians
Armenians and Lezgins were being deported
from the Caucasus for opposing the “ Collec
tivisation ” campaign. The informant add
ed that these prisoners are detrained for 24
hours at all the large stations and are
marched through the towns as an object
lesson to Turkomans, who threaten to
refuse to be “ collectivised ”. The absence
of young men among these prisoners was
explained by the fact that those capable of
doing hard manual work had already been
deported to Northern Russia.
L. STEVENI, Major,
British Military Attache, Meshed.
To—
The D. D. M. I., A. H. Q., Simla.
Distribution :—As usual.
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