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post of twelve men still remains. At Diwandarreh, some 30 miles further on the
Tabriz road, there is no gendarmerie and there is a Russian military garrison
of fifty men.
Tehran.
6. The nearest Russian military check posts are now as follows : —
(i) At Firuzkuh, 90 miles east of Tehran on the Tehran-Meshed road;
(ii) At Garmsar railway junction, 50 miles east of Tehran; a
(iii) At Baghat-i-Kalat, 25 miles west of Tehran on the Tehran-Kerej'
road.
There are Persian military check posts on all roads leading into Tehran.
On the two roads mentioned above they are situated at Jajerud bridge, 17 miles
east, and Caravansarai Sangi, 15 miles west, of Tehran respectively.
Khamseh {Zen)an).
7. The Persian Chief of the General Staff states that the guerrilla bands
of his resistance movement are more than holding their own against; the rebel
forces of the Democrats. The band under Zulfigari, operating in the Khamseh
province, south of Zenjan, though forced to retire when the rebels brought into
action some of the light tanks recently captured from the Persian garrison at
Rezaieh, managed, nevertheless, to inflict casualties on the rebels, and succeeded
in taking prisoner three Red Army soldiers dressed in civilian clothes.
Bakhtiari.
8. Murteza Quli Khan has arrived in Tehran. He was received in audience
by His Imperial Majesty The Shah. In conversation wdh His Majesty’s Ambas
sador, he stated that, in Government circles, there was some intention of
appointing a military governor for Bakhtiari. He also said that he was tired
of these squabbles among the Khans and was retiring for a few weeks’ rest to his
estates near Shush.
Appointments.
9. —{i) Ali Soheili (F.O. 217—M.A. 283), according to a press report, has
arrived in London to join the Persian Delegation to the U.N.O.
(ii) Dr. Hejazi to be Chief of the Passport Department in the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs.
(iii) Muhsin Shabrukh to be Director of the 1st Political Department of
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs;
(iv) Ahmad Mirfindiriski to be Third Secretary at the Persian Embassy in
Moscow;
(v) Dr. Ali Siasi has been re-elected Dean of Tehran University for a further
period of three years,
(vi) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 3, paragraph 17 (i), the new Imam
Jum’eh is a nephew of the deceased Imam Jum’eh, his father being
full brother to Zahir-ul-Islam and to the deceased.
Persian Army.
10. A proclamation has been made recalling to the colours conscripts of the
solar year 1300 (1921).
As a result of the incidents reported in paragraph 14 below, the Persian
army infantry battalion at Hamadan has sent out detachments of one platoon
to Awej, and one company, less one platoon, to Razan.
Persian Gendarmerie.
11. A press report states that 47 out of 102 gendarmerie officers stationed
in Azerbaijan have now arrived back in Tehran. Two hundred and sixty-three
other ranks have also reported to headquarters.
Russian Interests.
12. Majors Veniamine Malighine and Constantin Kassorine have arrived
to take up their duties as Assistant Russian Military Attaches. With
Colonel Razin, Colonel Ivanof and Lieutenant-Colonel Krachevsky, the Russian
Military Attache’s staff now numbers five.