Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎112r] (224/1237)

'- 1 i iou• It, i 6 *& period 01 ooliplete caX-a i.i Aze^rb^iJ-*
an. Meitner local affairs nor Jth©" ilfflcuitils of the central
govt rmacnt tUiVti aroused mucn ilUtMCeo.ti ' ^h e Ir eedoa Front press of
Tabriz has come out with deimnciati ns oFThe new Prime iSini^tur,
^couched ixi tlu usual emotional tone, nd th. j local Tudeh ‘arty has
proposed a nation **ide demonatration of protest against J&dr ul
#iehraf , bui. all the enthuaiaam seems to have remained on paper. The
loa^ continued absence of substantive Governors-deneral from both the
^iiird and Fourht Uetans has no appreciable effect on the quality of
the Adaixiietration, anu speculation abo^t possible appointments to
whese piste has ceased. The only topic of wider interest that has
been discussed with any animation Is the withdrawal of Allied troops
from Iran. There are many contradictory rumours about Russian
intentions in Lhis matuer. hut the nritish Govcritnentb reply to tne
Persian hote, and the nanoiqg oaolc oi the Southern railway to the
Iranian Government hav~ been noted in this Province, und there is a
general understanding 02 the inference that it is now tae Russians 1
move •
Hb. re r a 1 -n Jj 2 io iai l » burins a Zangineh, the Goitmaudant of Persian
Forces in «(eetern Azerbaijan, who has beexx Acting Governor-General
of the Fourfcb bst n since last November, nas now rceign--d the latter
post in favour of Sarhang Jarou 0 ha, the Ghief of i 3 lice at Hezaieh.
Gargurd (major) Maza e ,hiri, the Officer Commanding the Persian
Infantry at Rezaieh, has been transferred to Tabi^iz to take up a
staff appointment in the Fourth bureau (Uukn-i-Cn^haruu)•
Oauiatshahi, the Chief of Police of tns town of Khoi, has been
recalled to Tehran*
Major Chakaki has bucseeded Barhang Kama! as Chiei of
Gendarmerie at Rszaieh.
novendht ,Qi,Per..lfen xro ipc . One Gurdan (about, 200 men' of
: Perslah troops has been sent from Tabriz to Mara&ha. There was
| previoaaly no Persian garrison in Marat.-,ha*
I 18 * uSk, iu>* .fiaii'O* The --oviAt Cantsiander i 2 Chief in Azerbaijan,
Li..-utcuant-General Glinsky, is believed, uy the Iraqi Consul, to have
mace a tour at the beginning of June along the iran-Xraq frontier
Roi th oi /uianeh. The s..me source has also --card that the Russians
are construct iiig a new road north of Ah anon, not leading to the
irentier, out i^unuin^ pai'allel with it. The Russian General wea
certainly travelling at the end of may and beginning of June, and th©
TuriokAh Co^ul-Genaral has heard th e t his object was to attend
manoeuvres near Khaneh in which two Glvieiona of soviet cavalry took
part, and that he profited by the visit to Kurdistan to have meetings
witn a numb-r oi Kurdish chiefs.
rfnile there are many rumours amon^ th© townspeople of preparat-
| ions for a withdrawal of soviet troops from Azerbaijan, tharo is
j absolutely no sui'e indication that anything of the sort is in
I contemplation y-t, nor any indication of an early return of the
j railway from ...iauen to Tehran to Iranian hands* cnly minor troop
[ movements have been observed in tne vicinity of Tabriz, and thus©
are most probably part of normal training*
Russian propaganda in Tabriz pursues the same course with
periodical meetings of the Irano-Soviet Cultural Society. The
latest was on June 2oth., in honour of the 22 )tn. annlvers ry of
*tn-c i 0 anting 01 the itusaian Acao^uiy oi Gclenccs. xhe dooiety has
taken over as premises not only the pavilion in the Tabriz Municipal
Garden (which it has occupied since last quell® r) but the whole garden
itself. A ^e.rd©n party was held on June 28th. at which the Acting
Governor-General performed the ceremony of officially handing over
the garden to tne society. The walks had been decorated for the
occasion with scores of pictures, done uy Rad 4 L