Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎249r] (500/1237)

tc its had been withdrawn. The »ojtIves behind the Soviet
action rare unknown. ‘ t- ‘ >
. . ' - i
r- l* Cither Cog^e-ol^l Maura # Apart troa the I "an M a‘.oh
Factory An East India Company trading post. , which still oontinu e & to make: a hhnd&ome projrit f all
the TabrIn rectories are non believed to be! X<&S!n% money, or
at the beat barely covering runrxiag exz&n&va. " ^orre $ lik^ the
Kho&rori Leather Factory An East India Company trading post. and the Jurabohi Textile Factory An East India Company trading post. ,
have Xdt$ 9 acc^mulatisd stocks of finished goods that are un
salable in existing conditions. ages are the chief obstacle*
to a reduction la costs.
The first l«r? e bankruptcy of the slump is th^t of
jfCat&fei, a retail textile ^arohant. The dericiency is 500,000
tonane. The Sank Ml ill 1^ a creditor for 10,000 trassi&e. It
Is generally thought that if the mr ends shortly there will
be e general collapse of the market, entailing mmy failure®.
Little-or a© business is bzing done, the lower prices pupted
being mostly nominal. Re filers are attempting to in tain
their prices, but mny, anticipating bankruptcy, are hiding
their stocks to save soaeV lag from tbs wreck* There Is no
mblic sympathy with the merchants who profiteered mercilessly
so long as conditions sere in their favour.
4 centra ling inters t in the new Fasvinl Textile factory An East India Company trading post.
has be a acquired by Mi ^nqili for £ f SK)3,QG0 tom«n» in ca«h.
The rectory is shortly to start operation. The Joint capital
of the old and new factories has been fixed »t 6,000*,000 temwM#
^pppre®pects are far fro^ good; and «li Ysqili is con®leered
to have made* a bad bargain.
Th« Tabriz Ice tricity cosip»ny Is seeking to increase its
charge to the public or ’Us.7 per kilowatt. Hie coapaay alleges
that the price of mnzout, ^hich is no^ Rla.3,000 cor ton, end
the large amount of ou rent taken by the Russians at the un
economic rate of Ble.3 per kilowatt sre involving it in finan
cial difficulties*
SQS. Brttish ^rcpakand a. Cte^dy progress.Is meintained on
well-*: iished ilhes* hers is no : diminution of interest in
the Persian broadcast fro® London, the B.UC. retaining its
unrivalled prestige for authentic news* The reception is con
siderably better tb>,n that of Tehran, which takes second place
in -opul'.rity. vhcrc Is a good demand for printed m tter
and the local circul? tloa of f Bhnipmr f , cosily the beat seller,
now reeehed l t X00. .There is an increasing sale of kn^lidh
textbooks, but the parmry of teaohcrB li it® the number of
students. Were facilities available the study of English would
m widespread* The cinema van h&s eontimi^ to attract
appreciative audiences, although it® activities have Iridly bran
restricted to a radius of about 40 milce from Tabrlm as the j,
Haaelail tr V‘«l permit has not so far been renewed• Otherwise
no obstructleniam h» s been encountered; c<ad the - oviet Consulate
staff are themselves frequent patron® our small lending ,
library or uagllsh books.
Fsepp.
British ^oneulete-Teaeral H.k.Oonenl-Ocneral•
Tabriz,
October 13th., 1944.