Coll 28/10(2) ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed Consular June 1940; Khorassan Political; Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ [‎272r] (543/1297)

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iniieDding students* aavertlsment to tnis effect was
pUDlisiiea in the “aasti" of .august 1st*
Russian jiailitary aTfelra*
29^* It is reliably reported that the hussian garrison at
tfarimah has been withdrawn*
293* .deference para 241* The uoviet nilitary authorities
^ under pressure from the soviet consulate General have
revisea their orders contained in the paragraph under
3 7/<3 reference and British subjects leaving noshed en route for
/jahioan will not be required to have Hessian passes to
enable them to do so*
huasian ^ialrs*
294* BeTersnce para 199* The name of the Hussian agent in
z*ahul has now definitely been given to this consulate
General by the uoviet Consulate general as ii&iJ&AhOV*
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295* m* Kozlov, soviet consul General, led t for Tehran on
august 1st*
296* m. afanssiev, secretary to the soviet consul General,
left Meshea on august 1st with nis wife ana onila m route
for Pretoria where he is to be Vice Consul*
297* deference para 266* The dussian Beading Boom was
op^ied on august l^th witn a reception for local notables
and foreign diplomatic representatives* The reception was
followea by a concert by the local troops in tne aussian
club* The deaaing doom is under the direction of Atajor
dikulinx * na consists of 4 rooms, tne walls hi* wnich are
covered with photographs showing the military, scientific^
and cultural eiplolts of the uoviet Union* large portrait
of dtalin is flanked by m smaller portraits of Churchill,
Roosevelt, the shah of Iran, ana ids Majesty iving ueorge VI*
29b* a Bed Army *i«jj semPle" visited dashed ana gave public
concerts on August 21st and 2bth. His M&jeaiy's consul
General and members of ids staff attended the first concert
by invitation* .barge numoers of Armenians were present, and
at the second concert theii* tastes were catered for oy the
addition of Armenian songs ana a dance*
299* as last ye*r tne duseians are s&id to be buying up
large quantities of livestock in Hhorasan* jsven wild pigs
are wanted* a Persian landlord from Bujnurd told a member
of this consulate General that he had contracted wi An the
Bussian Trade Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to shoot md deliver 8G0-9U0 of these
animals •
bCc. xransovtrans are moving their local headquarters to
baj giran • They have also Called in many of their contracts
■#ith meshed lorry-ownerd|who have been given tn© alternative
of accepting new contracts in isftzenaernn*
Axis nationals*
3Ui* on August bth the Bussians rewovei ur-katzenstein and
nis wife from Meshed* This doctor was a German Jew working
as radiologist in the a hah iieza Hospital, his wife an Aryan
German* Their arrest was followed by tne usual crop of
| rumours of the discovery of a radio transmitter which the
Katzensteins were said to have operated*
jgpveiaent of suspect Britla| India nationals •
Secret* 502* N&nak Gingh arrived in Meshed from Tehran on August 3rd
©n route for India* Akali Harnyan aingh and H&rendranath Puri
arrived in Meshed on August 22 nd and left on August 26th* All
the above are being repatriated to India as undesirables. In
meshed they protested their innocence, said they were