Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎14r] (28/517)

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The T.'heat situation continuss to he procatrious and the
of Kenaan still depends on supplies oroi'^.n • m mom dciy
day. On tne other hand’ the quality of the tread sold^at the
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Ooverrwnont bakery has slightly initrovea and bread can be
“ord to pay for it froa the -free 1
had by those vho can afford
baher^ (vide ho*lG pc.rar'raph S.)
H e fere nee Ho. 14 paragraph 6. ^ ^ . or -
The Actini Ostandar has informed this consulate that 2UU
tons of rheat are ready in Eabul to bo transported to merman,
and that ho has contracted vith lorm c':T..ers to brin<5 this
amount to Herman v-ithin tro months * it is to be hoped that a
considerably larpe crmtity v;ill be available from ^abul vithin
the ne::t fev: months v
Curtain E e Hass an > Consular Liaison..df.viceip has been
brinpini continuous pressure to bear on the Economic Department
to complete the assessments and to collect as soon as possible
the amounts vrhich land ov.nors have undent ahen to sell to
dovemnont. It is nor oroocted t r ir.t all undertalcinr;s rilljf be
completed vrith^tho next veel:. Captain ^assan has discovered a
number of irregularities uhich ho is iiivestiratine;«
A notice lias been published that every shop-keeper must
produce a list of his stock and must roll his poods at the
Government rate? other- iso ho rill be liable to prosecution.
Ho prosecutions have taken place so far.
In nncoVinno© • Itb instructions received from Tehran
from the Government shops by 100 per cent.
The Governor of ¥ozd had asked Tehran for permission to
increase the supply of rheat to the bakers to 1700 kilos per
since this vre.s refused ho bar ordered that no bread
should bo sold to merchants who can afford to buy v.iieat from
the bazaar*
Po 1 iticel fitu rtlon.
hith the advent of vdntcr in Russia many of the more
thoughtful Persians are b©tinning to realize that the chances of
the fiorrnan armv penotratint the Caucasus into ^ran are receding.
Hsverthcless a ^ood deal of vishfnl thinb.inp remains vrhich only
unrriatakGablo si a ns of a Gorman defeat will !£ radiate.
Tho film ’’Target for tonight ’ 1 vms exhibited at the cinema -
Taban on the evenings of September 7th and 6 th* Heads of Depart
ments, military officers, merchants and notables were invited, ere
the remainder of the audience was made up of soldiers (Persian
and Indian) and, police*
Head comnlaints have been received that Persian broad
casts from London on 25 i^eters at 8.45 p,no are beinc Jammed.
Local Affairs*
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A most successful lottery ve.s organized by Lt~Col and'Urs
Falconer on behalf of tho Led Cross. The d:mr*v;as held on
Soctenber 10 th and v as attended by the General Cfficer C oimandirf-
and other quests, The proceeds amounted to Hials 26,000.
The Genoral Officer Commanding and Acting U^tandar ^artip
Kaikavusi gave a dinner party o n September 14th in honour of
Col and Mrs Falconer who*were leaving after having been in
Kerman for 5 N years*
Shinpingo
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