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press from the Persian Government. They stated that nothing had been said
to the Persian authorities by any representative of the three Allies of the existence
of any such plot either before or during the conference, and that high officials
of all three Allies had thanked the Persian Government for their efficient
security measures.
Appointments — Civil. JBfe
6 . —(i) Ma’sud Muazid to be Persian representative at Beirut with the rank
of Minister.
(ii) Abdullah Ashrafi to be Farmandar of Shahreza.
(iii) Sadiq Vasiqi to be director of the Mortgage Bank.
(iv) Abbas Quli Isfandiari (retired general officer) (F.O. 93 -M.A. 122) to be
Director-General of the Department of Rationing in the Ministry of Finance.
7. A personality note on the present Minister for War. Ibrahim Zand, is
appended to this summary.
Persian Forces.
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8 . The recruit training and administrative depots, which are part of the
reorganisation plan of the American advisers (see Summary No. 42/49/43. para
graph 9 ), have now been inaugurated at all divisional headquarters outside the
Russian zone. An American officer has been allotted to every two divisions one
to the 1st and 2nd, one to the 4th and 5th, one to the 6 th and 10th, and one to
the 7th and 9th Divisions.
9 . General Ridley states that he has recently found the Shah more
sympathetic to the work of the American Mission, and even insisting that more
officers should be obtained from America. An urgent request for at least nine
more—making with the eleven already here twenty in all—has been made to
Washington by the Persian Government.
10 . The transport situation of the Persian army has considerably improved
with the arrival of some 600 trucks from America. These have been organised
into units under the supervision of one of the American advisers. Although the
standard of driving and maintenance is low and the misuse of transport is
rampant. General Ridley is not dissatisfied with the progress made in the
circumstances that existed.
A ppointments — Military.
11 . Army. —Sartip Rohulla Keikavusi to be Military Governor of Tehran.
Gendarmerie. —Sarhang Yamini to be commander of the 7th (Western)
Gendarmerie District.
Retirements. —Sarhangs : Yazdanfar, Muhammad Nawaz Safari, Hassan
Khadivi, Muhammad Ali Sadari. Yadullah Azam Zanganeh (Air Force). Ali
Reza Mansumi, Mustafa Mansur, Ibrahim Timurian.
Internal Security.
Pars.
12. The situation remains outwardly calm, largely because the Persian
authorities are careful to do nothing that might irritate Nasir and Khosrow
Qashgai. Persian Government arms in the possession of the Qashgai tribes have
not yet been handed back; nor has Khosrow Qashgai implemented his promise
to apprehend and surrender the Germans, five of whom are known to be just
outside the borders of Qashgai territory. The Mamassand tribes, who have
hitherto refused to ally themselves with Nasir and who might have formed a loyal
pro-Government bloc in the middle of Qashgai territory, are reported to have
been alienated by the Government’s rejection of their claim to the ownership of
certain lands. As far as can be judged the position of the Government grows
weaker and that of the tribes grows stronger.
Khuzistan.
13. A band of brigands, variously reported to be Boir Ahmadi or Taiyyibi,
has been operating in the vicinity of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s field at
Pazanun. Company property and employees have not yet suffered, but travellers
have been looted and several gendarmes have been killed.