Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎45r] (90/751)

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Tohrau, w»« th« la** ***« on ahich mreliantb ana thorn
halaiii i utoon* or fwodaturf* and other m«rehandit*e ahoila naau in
their Seeiaration* of nuoh atootte, in •naanahah no ate^a
had he*a taken in the matter even hy the end oi the at^jath, aiace the
printed feme tor Making the declaration* had not dean received Iron
^♦fcmn. and local effielaldm eenaiderad that thia wa* all that
nli be ««id* The devemer-aeneral however had received a eeverex/
.^rded circular irom the rime iruater nearing that etriet aeaenree
va&i oc taxen a^ainat all hoarders and p^nteere, «hieh mat have
out {Tioat local officiaia iiito a quandary. The governor *uetashari
haa u*dared that he will ,>0*1 up a notice in public aeeordiu^ $•
The irector of finance a-d Economic*, on whom the blame lor the
jreeent ooniuaion aiid eta*natton muat partly reet # altheaeh he
more honest aau caneeisntloue than moat, received notice on Au*uet
30th to hand over hi* post to h certain Behalf add to proev-cd tu
Tehrmi, to hia unfei^Aed aatiafaction. l ie euccenecr will have
an imoaside tack in taodln^ the landowner* a.id big iaerahs.uta
ix he obtain* no more support than Ma^ignadeh had from the higher
authorities.
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a, he anti«4Hrltihh nevenent Jgmcn^ the l ^er* her* i* said
to continue it* neetinga f although^af it* leading ftav ^
been tra.iei'erraa elsewhere. A uclenel Haeri, ahiei ox tr-:* .'jao.et
school here which mm recently aioeed, auid which was heavily tinned
-aai ideals waa told by the v,cvernor^iener»l hi* brotber-ln*
law that he muet leave s emauahah Immediately for Tehran a* the
British ineisted on hie removal - our alienee reason being that
he convereed too much with the tmaeian onaul and Viee-:an«ule at
the few evening pert lea given here title summer •
y. This Oeneulate ha* haa fewer visitor* during the month than
before, and it la rect icwl ly established that the (iovemurwoaijaral
is tellifv not -,iOy officiale but other imnlana that they must act
visit or have aiiythidt, to do with ua. Ha admitted to • Consul
when pressed upon the point that the oheily gevemment gave inatruc-
tions to that effect not many month© a*,o. If onsulw have to
return to the impossible Isolation and stupid boycotting atmosphere
of the He*a ghah regime> their wor^ a-d position will beeotae
difficult and unreal f particularly in the British ©ceupltd ^cne
.here rumberleea oiviliaa* are eilected materially by the presence
of our anaie*. How little they are affected asrally 1* showri by
the fact that in the lon & main street ot ermatishah, after a years
continuous occupation, not one ei the hundred* of shop* a:*a caiCw
contain* or diaplaya a single British jomtmv or calendar, In fpite
of all the thouaande that have been distributee by is ouaulste
in the town. A few may occasionally be seen in la significant
bac .-•streete, but In t e ^aa-in. street those who mi 0 ht perhaps pin
i up our poster* obviously deem it inadvi eable t^> do so.
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X0» a greater amount of printed matter than usual has been
distributed by t u consul te durimg the month, iaelubung iur^e
quantities of magazine a from liidlai in r ergleu# There was a useful
talk from Tehraui on the wireleae# sponeored by the British Ration,
giving the true explanation of our imtei^eat in the wheat position*
Unfortunately the Consulate's vid weax broadest ting set is osCwmiag
worn out and in spit« of repeated appeal* daring the last three
month* eenoet be replaces with one more worthy of our dwindling
Iranian audience. The official cinema van broke down completely
at the beginning of the month and had to return to Tehran, and no
new taaehine ha* yet arrived*
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