Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎297r] (596/1237)

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-firming iiziabisian, whoa i«e will the a eoaduot to UahaOad to act as
i.illtt.ry tiovernor.
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,lr .rtiiujp UU\ arrived in Xabrl* m the tj met of tt© Soviet
uiiitaiy autuarities on thfc 2bth Jum and ttie foXIowli^
aoraiug for Baghdad via Howimdua* Ha wag accompanied by Brigadier
^aakaon and ^ajcr Brooke, /'.iter ioepccting the British transport
JoXattn and U*Xf w*d. ticaaquartcrs a ivuaaian foothall match waa
i*or the General*6 entertainmcnt, followed hy a Buffet supper
Party given jy General --linski at his house. the /."ueots wore
tu. muriaan Umiaul» /u... Vice-Consul (H. . Jaaaul-General wae
visiting fthran)» about a dozen Hua&lan officera a/id i ajor
person# Bi^itieh Vei i Officer at faoriz. Tha ahundmoa of the
faro was only exceeded by the unccwiaoionabXe Quantity of vodka that
acccapaniod it. dir Arthur ;$aith was aoon on tame of easy friond-
ahip with the .uuasiane, who themselves quickly mellowed az£ threw
xwserve to tise inda> apart fro© m. garohoiko who remained his usual
reticent, auspicious self* fh» victory of the alias and perdition
to the Bun were pledged la numerous toasts sad a British Uuards
officer woo rashly (not suspecting how the glasaee were filled
against ixiia; took on five guesian uuarda officers at vOdJco drinking
lost honorahly dy a narrow margin*
..ft-11 qt&ry. ....q0-iXV ojm» i’ Inal csloaing down of the staging
•it imovlz$ '-no Jit, AiaatiH and :cnjsn» with tkxe departure of
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the ^maining persomcl, is likely to take place in a few d^/**s time,
although eozae daisy is being ocoaoionad by a misunderstanding with
the Russians* s tile t.ii.d.d. is also ceasing to operate on the
fsheataa»fabri& route all staging post# are now being handed over to
the Bus si ana.
; * xd,. 9sW&tMs. convoys to 1'abris have been desoatoued
since the 1st July and when the few trucks still on the route have
buen cleared all operation# will cease. It is expectad that tiic
organisation north of fakes tan will have been di sbanded oy Seth July.
A'?* iny, fnalil Inqilab of the orkurs 1
Union is duceeaofully fleuting local autiiorities. B ua days a an,
thinking that Inqilab was responsible for much of the labour unreat
here . the Oevernor~Oen*r#1 gave orders for his ari'&st and exoulsion
iron xabrix, a course Tehran had authorised him to follow. Inailab,
iiOwaver. went into hiding (it was first ruKioured that he had sought
sanctuary in the Russian Jonsu late-General) from which ha emerged at
xii^ht to address hie foil owe re. Gradutiliy ixs became bolder and
la now daily addressing ma«s meetings of workers from the b^ilcony of
ths Union oil ice a in a main street of the town, all traffic meantime
neiu^ suspended, frior to his meetings the dust i© laid in the
street by # muxiicipsl watering cart# The proceedings are covertly
watohsd through a wiiidow by Lieutenant Sehand of the tsbrl* police
who im© a warrant in his pocket for Xnqilab’e arrest, which the latter
in his speeohss pubioly dare© him to excouta. ^part from tlx? usual
specliic worker© 1 grievaices Xnqilab harps on the old themes of
beyyid din. weakness of the Tehran Government and the authorities
as well as attacking the opponents of iishivari and ipekflhian.
inqilab has also x^osted a big notice in front of the Union , s office
-that according to Article 129 of the Soviet Law as a foreigner
working for national freedom and in the interests of the workers he
can demand b ovist protect ion. he has similarly drawn attention to
vac provisions of the rerslan law against arbitrary arrest and
expulsion. lias situation is full of latent pocsicilitle© and the
u-overnor-^'emral admit© that Im is powerless because, he says, of
G0Vi<at indignation about flshlvarl and Xpekcaian. It ia. he added,
no uss trying to withstand a river in flood: that can only result ia
wing ©wept away, das muut wait till it ©ubsidte.
** poelti m at tbs Jursbohi textile factory An East India Company trading post. 1# still unsettled.
£m workera iiavc ^ain ejected the msaaegsaent and attempted to run