Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’ [‎219r] (438/451)

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Ahtt fliational uovcrnatiat uaa issued « ap«cial Azartonijan
paats^a . t:jup, ooa&latiat of ttaa current Iranian etaaipa oyer-
. Ill the v> ‘i'da , 'A < .vrt»'.iJaa Batlonai u 0 veraaent. 2i?jt*
'i‘ , • The data i c , ivalont to Daoeab th« f 1945 f
tna da/ ^Uen the jJ^moornte seized power* Postal com wunl cat Iona
with iehran have oaen bad all the month* No post has r^acha:
here from Tehran* but me irou here la believe i to hiive
re&che . Tenran* The interruptim may have been due to
military operations in tne vicinity of ;«enjan (uee para 11
below} • The train »e*vice interruptedt a train wbloh
rcacned i.enjsn from Tehran wee ooujaandeered by the Nati »n^l
aovarc«ent authorities and kept to work only between *U\neh
iaiui Aenjan* thOu t .a a later report said that it haa ventured
at for as &azvin* The "frontier” seems to be practically
closed*
un January 80th* Azerbaijan adopted 'i*iOscow Tiae ,, - three
a our a in aovatioe of u*-4*T* (Tehran is three nouro a half
aiid iu oi u«ii*T«}• The only people to whose coiiveni^nce this
ad a a arc the it U 8 alans 9 who have always worked on this time*
10* us lie Tecurlt./ * In his speech to the Central Committee
of tile democrat ^arty on January ’uth* tno rrime hiniater*
Jaafar rienavari, u» elt on the .usation ox the "Vida'ia" -
the volunteer riflemen wuo formed the armed forces of the
revolution. The inference was that* the insurrectionary
phase oein*, now over* they were becoming a nuisance* ana tne
irQVarnmsnt was anxious to get tuem under some sort of
disciplined control aa soon as possible. m?ju> oi the iida’is*
oi course* were toughs who to k the arms offered ana rallied
to the cause in tne hopes of loot in,, tim Tabriz bazaar* They
nave been s&dly disappointed at having been inveigled into
so respectable a revolution* utn„rs* who jiined in tne hope
of getting yay and clothes and food* have been equally
diurippointed* ar^i arc said to be handin^ their rifles back
in disgust* hevei theleea* qiuasi^independent b nas of flda'is
uAist in all the villages along the roada and hold up traffic,
search and interrogate travellers ana coitiaandeer transport
pretty much as they like. A system of police permits for
all ihoa*. travelling in Azerbaijan uks been instituted* but
it is doubtful whether even the rare Fida’i who can r ad
takes muen notice oi the signature ol tiie chief of police in
Tabriz. The uovern^cataim now is to enrol these Fids*is
in the People 1 ** /<rmy ana Police, or to disband them entire! •
lu the speech ruferred to above > iahavari declared that
the Jem a me lie woulu not be r -eatubli&hed. The ulnlstar
oi the Interior would he neei oi tn b. reaponslble for tecurity
in tOftha and country districts alike, anu tae functions of
tne iiettd as merle woulu everywhere be exercised by the
Police*
ugna Pambe 1 * who was appointed Jhief of Police and
^resident of the Uourt Martial (Mahkamu fiahral) soon aftr
the revolution, has now be*.a s c ointud to be Farmandar
(U^ernori ol uezaien. he is succeeded as Jhief of Police
by Jar hang Milanian* une of ttia Farsiaa Army aeaertera
from Mtr&hed* who have taken reiuga in Azerbaijan* Another
deserter* wnoge name it not yet known* has be«n appointed
head oi the Fuelic Security Jection (Ka’is Ta’meenat) - tlte
Special branch ol the police*
The openin of a roller henool was announced on January
&brd. nnu its budgwt for tnree months, amounthgg to
It010*560 rials was published*
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