Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎260r] (522/1237)

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77 ggi. Genera 1 i^ 11i.^tion . Rnansnn and the r ^id deYelomaent of event*
V* in ' urope have both contributed to a continuance of & etete of o^Ijs
o • bordering on nptithjr* The nerohant olaasea are living under the
shadow of an Impending oriels and business Is dead* Ther^5^ has been
' e^Ventire abaenco of political agitation and even th© factory An East India Company trading post. workers
8 hovn a less aggressive spirit. rr ho pro-Geraan elements of the
f , ilatian are beeonlng more resigned to a Gertsen defeat and to the
ieseity of olos jonoralo and cultural ties with the 3o#iet t r nlon*
; iherf ia very general dissatisfyotIon with the local Persian admin
istration, particularly with the Governor-General and the Head of the
liunioipalityi for their failure to maintain essential se-vices, or
indeed to exercise any authority vhctaocver. This lifipotenss of the
! Persian administration a t the present juncture Is ruch to be deplored
as it is tending to form s body of opinion in \*orbniJan which sees
oonsioar#* d le^udv^ nt»u^ws in a ch^nye cf pci it ioai tilieglv nee, the
chol^ vr renting itself as un© between or-jer and t>n>' rchy.
25S. Loo*! Officials * Hasean ajidrtidch, director of Finance, is
being given leave on grounds of ill-health and it is understood that
r-r. ^1111s pa ugh proposes to replace him by an mer loan, Mr. Hill
Ba^rlman, who Is no^ aeesitittg a Soviet permit. Ut» !iarrl«usan Is
stated to have formerly been the re presea tat lee of ein Amerlosn fir®
In Englsad and later on the 6t .:ff of n.H. .'i ,A. In Italy. He appears
to have had no previous experience of Ir n or the sat.
Pr. Parvis ad H h t i been apuointefd hs^d of the Health
Departv&ent in Tabrix.
The Fsmftadar, Ihabsaslr Roshani, has rsturnei irom leave In
Tehran.
253. Tabrls deputies and Local ro^lltlos. The only outward sipn of
any continued interest VST the rste of the £ viet-su^ported deputies has
li #n an ertiole and other references in the local 'Kharvar Hov’. The
It ins xbu 1 o has been paid to the petition to
the Government organissed by Dr# f hafngh end sl^rnsd by fifty four deputies
or to the numerous telegrams and letters sent by Azerbaijan ©lectors.
254. ihmaisft flairs * I.The Russisn school In Tebrls Is to b© opened
on Novcm.b^r 1st. and loc 1 subjects, boys and girls, are to bo fiooe^ted
as well as Russians* The course of study lants tea years and in the
first four classes tn©,saxes will be mixed* Ho fees are to-be charged
ami poor children will also be provided with free bpoka, meals and
cl has* The ptinoipal language will be Turk! with Russian, Persian
and Tngllsb aa subsidiary languages* It Is expected that t lapbftt*
Jan will pj'ovide the tecchcrs. Pupils in oonsidarable nunbers arc now
being entered* It is also proposed to start evening classes for adults
wishing to lef 5 rn Hussian. "‘his aohool is likely to prove the most
popular of Soviet propaganda moves, although there is consider bl©
critiois ; of the relegation of Persian to an inferior place* It is
understood th^t the ussisns are opening the school without finst obtain
ing permission from, or even notifying, the Education Department #
y According to the soviet Consul General about fifty patients
are now attendinr the Russian hospital dp*iiy. Charges are high according
to local st andards, but reductions <sre axde for poor people. "he first
ooasuiet f costs His# 100 and rooms are fro® 31s*ISO - 300
per day. meric n Hospital charges ills* 10 for a consultation with
a maxinu© charge of nis*200 for a room. The opinion is beinp expressed
that oviet doctors and treatment tire superior to the Feral an variety*
3 a Russian bookshop is to opened in the n« in street and the
Soviet Trade Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. is already receiving books wherewith to stock it.
4 Soviet military surveying pt>rti«fi have been reported in the
districts of K'h^n •, :aa and Tiaa|*©h. w he surveys a^rear to be of a
very detailed nature end are arousing mis^lvinia smong loo 1 inhabitants.
f a Soviet milit ry post haa also been established for the first
tine between Mianduab and Sukaa. This represents the most Southerly
ptnetration of Soviet C'»atroi posts in the direction of ennah.
b It ie learnt on good authority that the Russians do not desire
to purchase any Ir nl»n wheat this year and their -iwtwy xSf'iu 1 regents
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