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Coll 28/115 ‘Persia. Khorramshahr – intelligence summaries.’ [‎13r] (25/52)

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The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1947-15 Aug 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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of the i>irector General of Customs, iwfio informet? ti e Shipping
Comoanles that no further cargo couia~t5e ace* for discharge
until about the middle of *ereh f when he exacted the r>ort to be
cleared of the existing cargo* As far as can be i scertalned, t
main reasons for the congestion are
(a) insuf icient rolling stock
(b) Inefficiency of the Hallway authorities
(c) Slow clearance of cargoes through the Customs and the
refusal of tne Customs authorities to release the
goods to merchants until bribed to do so*
(d) Lack of an all-weather road from Khorramshahr to
Ahwar*
The Shipping Companies have telegraphed to Tehran sayi, g that they
will be com died to off-load cargoes for Persia at thip f s option,
and at the consignees risk and exponae, at otner convenient
ports till such time as the situation improves* The port of
Bandar ihahpur is also heavily corgested• but was able to accept
three shipa for di^ci arge during the month# Two others discharged
their cargo at Basra and others are expected to follow suit
unless the Iranian authorities take action to clear the XfcorraiB*
shahr and Bandar £hah>ur port in the near future*
40* On February 20t> 9 a Comiaission arrived frojr; Tehran to
inspect the accounts of local merchants who were suspected of
havirg smuggled large quantities of tea and other commodities
into the country during and after t* e occupation* One merchant
was arrested and about SC others immediately closed their shops
and took “bast* in the Telegraph Office, from where they tele-
graphed to the Prime Halster >rotestinr, stran ely enough,
against the laci of certain amenities in Khorramshahr town* They
refused to leave the Telegraph Office ho ing that, orders would
eventually b< )assed for the Commission to be withdrawn* Under
instructions fror the Prime Minister, the Governor General
arrived from Ahwas on the J^t i am eventually nersuaded ther^ to
their nrote ts would be favourably considered.

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Typewritten monthly intelligence summaries describing events in the district of Khorramshahr, Persia [Iran], produced by the British Consul at Khorramshahr, Vere William Digby Willoughby. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/115 ‘Persia [Iran]; Khorramshahr – intelligence summaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3528A). The reports cover: unrest amongst workers at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s refinery at Abadan, activities of the Oil Workers’ Union; political affairs, primarily the activities and propaganda of the Tudeh Party of Iran; local elections; police; the Iranian military and navy; and Soviet interests.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.

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1 file (24 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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