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greeraent can be dis cerne d r&S thaq? were apparent, after
Li^it* s working, at the end June. 'The execution of the
97. General ituation,
Tehran
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clauses of the written .Agreement could, in any case, make little
difference to the regime here. The important questions of the
/^rnry, the Gendarmerie and the powers of the Provincial Council,
depending for a solution on the findings of Commissions and on
laws yet to be passed by a Central ~ r ajlis which has yet to meet,
have made no progress. The democrats are not worrying * to tho^,
these problems are solved and the question is simply ona o** find
ing a method of defending their own solution o^ thorn if Tehran
should begin to agitate. They are content to wait for Tehran to
make the first move in the matter.
The Agreement has, however, resulted in the opening of
communications v/ith Tehran, to everyone’s benefit. It has, too,
produced a more hopeful mood in the townspeople which is p^locted
in an improvement of trade and an attendance at caf^s and other
•public places such as hns not been seen "ince last summer. hit
this relaxation is more apparent than real* * crypto-reactionaries*
such as the Tabriz landless who made too joyful a hound towards
freedom after the Agreement have found that the rone round their
necks is still made fast to the Democrat picket and they have been
brought up with a jerk.
Azerb-.ijan-&irdish relations have not improved during the
month, and there is some evidence to suggest that the Russians
have had to make an effor 1/to prevent serious dlamtes in the
mixed districts.
.jiti-British propaganda has received an i?iportant stim
ulus from the happenings in ^badan and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the
Azerbaijan Democrats have lavishly embroidered their claim to be
the leaders of the toiling masses of all Iran in their struggle
against British Imperialis .
98. Local ".•"ficials. Dr. Sa la mull ah Javid, Governor-General of
A zerbaij an, arrived in Tabriz on July 4th. and was met with full
military honours. He sent cards to the Foreign Consuls on the
following day and received their visits in the course of the next
two or three days, ^ile not required to o so by the Protocol,
he returned these visits in person and showed hi^olf as amiable
as his somewhat gauche manner permits. To both tha British and
American Consuls he intimated that he hoped no hard feelings were
entertained about wh*>t was passed and gone.
His official title in Turk! is * Vali*, and, the two parts
o r Azerbaijan being now united in one administration, the ter»ais
‘Third and fourth Ustans’ have h^en discarded for the official
description, * ?*ov1nee ze^baijan‘.
Jaafar ^avian, inister foy the People’s nr*,'y in the
Azerbaijan national Government, and since June Idth. unemployed,
was appointed Chief of Police in Azerbaijan and t^ok up his new
duties early in the month. ! e had the Azerbaijan rank of general,
which he presumably retains.
fadiq Dadar, formerly Chief of Security ' olice under the
National Government, for a time Chief of olice in Azerbsijan, and
lately Chief of Police at Ardabll, v/as killed on the road between
Ardebil and Miahgin Shahr on or about July 23rd. The official
version is that a firearm he was carrying went off accidentally,
but there are many rumours current, some attributing his death to
an act of vengeance, others say in * he was removed by order of the
Democrat authorities. Dadar, whose antecedents are obscure - he
is reputed to be a iuhajir who formerly ran a bakery in Tabriz -
was himself a gunman and the murderer of the Iranian police officer,
Vakili, in a Tabriz street last December. The Tabriz authorities
decreed memorial services for him on two days end ordered the
police toowear mourning bands. _