Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎114r] (228/1237)

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+ h toe OBVBpapir JUunrar-i-UoT*, the principal. rabriK pr an of
i-ne iuaeh rarty, in -which these tv.o it anas hav^-ia3WehK ; . ; a,"'is hew
editea by a committee composed of the Tudeh aid ^rade Baton, leaders
/ui Amir Ktiial, Ohashm Azar, Padegan, Mohaaed |3ijJty a and Mahmud
« if- H^ # ^ by f * ou -‘* awa from Tehran, Paridun HdSia.ai, . calls
uimacir le rea&etcur rc spoxieable « v*«—.•»--■■■—- —
in Karagha
a visit to
their tena-
i’heru ha£ been a certain amount of "landlord trouble"
Several landlord*, nho, no* that the summer season Invite*
how
'-'the country, thought they would go from Tabriz to see
u E '-ere getting on early this month, were received by a oosse of the
Tahnt^* 1 i .^ eb iarty h ® ad * d ^abl'l Kablri and packed off back to
labria. ihe cniet’ antagonist of the Tudeh Party in iiaragha, Jaraahid
inan ituanaiyari, (see hiary No. 5, para 52), has returned to his
th^BDDOintmant 6 ! ^f 1 ! 1 *? 1 '®^ ran » but h<i has apparently relinquished
tut appointment ho held in tha gendarmerie#
T».o chisfs oi th© ShahsoVtin tribe, > ; uair Asian nnd Hflt f ini « +
1 ^2" P t r l y h *l° long been inveighing as "feudal reactionary
, w^re arrested by tne Huesian military authorities earl/ in
uu.ie on chargee of harbouring deserters from the a ed Army. They hove
been brought to Tabriz from Ardebil, and while they arHt liberty
, ' 0,,,n » i ' fc is generally thought that tnay will not be allowed
to return^to their camps. A third chief, Nusratullan Yurtachi, who
*® 6 a * s0 '»anted , has managed to disappear. There is little doubt
.hat uhe r *reason for the arrest of these chiefs is anti-Tudeh
activity. The fihahsevaaa are comparatively law-abiding and ioyal
uusjec.a oi the Shah, and Iranian officiale in Ardebil resent the
arrests#
»>. r. 2b# ?'- D i ‘ i a ru ® oar ia Tabriz that the kussiaas have presented to
tn. iuaeh Party a new electric printing press" which has been
imported by the Soviet Trade Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
1^1* A very heavy hail-storu on June 1st. caused
T abl ® d8 ® a e* to crops in the iiezaieh region. Hauze Chal in
paiticular was badly hit. The Central Government have now given
instructions lor a commission to visit the district and estimate the
damage, ihey have promised to help the peasants v.ith new seed,
da age is pictureaquely s. id to run into ''millions of tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. ", and the
aitfy. ali&cttid covers the land of 50 villages.
fh. n u ^ ltU is ^ard of nucieh Party activities in Rtzaieh, but
tnerc is a report tnat about two months ago 15 or 20 "agents of
arriv ^ d ^ aixd war, arrested by thfSussiL
^tdoritiee, emcc when nothing has been heard of them. This story
possibly refers, however, to the expulsion from Rezaieh of a nuaber
Bo# i^para^# 6 * ^ arlier ija year, which w>;S mentioned in Diary
Irano-iioviet Cultural Society’s activities in Rezaieh are
uonaucted on much the sa^e lines as in Tabriz. There are regular
meeting* of tne committee once a week and the Society holds frequent
soirees. Persian, not Turkl, i
s used. Th.re is a ..
Russian propaganda
® pa ;: nla:1 ® n * phot S^hio disp 1 ay^ahow 1 ng’
^ of marshals oi the U#u.d#U., Soviet Art, life in Soviet
etc. Huesian classes for adults have been or ; unized.
out the attendance has dropped, comparably with Tabriz, from 300 to
There are report*, out none of muon reliability, of the interest
ox xiesaieu Aurdisn chiefs in the "Koiaala" - the Kurdish latioaalist
boclety whicu has been increasing its activity in Azerbaijan during
whw last lew months# most reports agree that Sero dv L of Baranduz"
is a supporter of the Koiaala, ana this is the surest indication there
is here of Russian support for the Society• iero, who is not a
native Kurdish aristocrat of Azerbaijan, ia a Russian pmege. and
b ? Va beon elirai -^tiud long before now cither by his neighbours
or the Iranian authorities if it had not been for Soviet intervention.
one report says that on June 17th. the Hueaian Vice-Consul at
% V ' Hasnumov, accompanied by the Soviet Commandant, went to
var-R-n givar and had a meetin,_ with certain Kurdish chiefs there.
(It is
Of the
not clear whether the Soviet Town Commandant or the
Soviet garrison is meant). From there they went
Commandant
to Jasimlu
/village