Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎304r] (610/1237)

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kme uiU;urto to a greater or loaa degree under tbe Infliemoo
oi Ueraum propagaJAda# Tm full of «ja tUougist to tie a great#
/N^t iiot dt ai&lVi? ouoooaa* Xae mw* aioa ; jd.:X ; fall owed o;f ..ho
. *J —-<—t—if itami w ita iritirtttttiiif § m bmim
/ ^rturuation of no noun ora^r anon,, fabric naroh&ata* if ter prices
^ Uaa ooon narked down without b^era or aellors# tliaao traders sat
'back to sea waotnar# aa hitler had proniaad# too all la a would ba
pushed back into ti^u aaa# in ^Aloh ouaa price a would again rlaa and
UiC^ would bo aula* If >on ttm other hand# too all la a made too
rapid a progress tm bottom would drop out# they thou^t# of the
iaiiated n&rkot ani their futura would ba none too roay• It ala
realised that toa ooaaoxidation of aiiiau ioroaa# of whioh local
opiuiem propaaaa to mmpt tm fall of dbarbourg so aulaination# will
be uaw fiiUil proof of relative v-amaa wwakuaea* dwrt&in nwatdi
aajuiat^ata are also being mode»aa^i4gat walon la one of growing
roelgAAstion to the ix&vit&sillty of cloaor cooperation with the
j soviet waian# for this, it ia am oaamonly said# will still b«
i tolerable provided rwligion and prtvatw fortunes swain ontouohsd
| and may a van have advantage a aa oomp.:. i .rwd with do pends now on Mtran*
on the otiiwr hand, while Uao aontimwnte of moat iVori ala arc
of the naxrowwat ooli-xwgaining character, it la a^rwoblo to record
that there are elomemto of the population to wham the n»wa has
undoubtedly O ivou the greatest pleasure* va every bend tners are
account a of the u. light ef the idMlana md their prepngmd* shoo
Iuas viftii with ours in ,lvi^ the greatest publicity to 'iewe*
fhe large nap in the fvaUB# shop is beic^; followed by hundreds of
people daily end tliere has been a constat demand# which could not
be sat lei led# to purchase a«pa of the -reach ^nd Italian fronts*
breMirmas messages of ^agretulation# from the Coveraor^Jenersl
dofe’nwsrds, were al m received cy the doneulate^dcnural*
146. .illolula. ia# aoT«ra8P-^«a»al twa oeea oifwesl. It
is said# a transfer to Utoras&i&a# but ium replied that he prefers
to fcjt.'v here*
xh&nB are peraiatent reports that dmm&xx ^idsadeh# the
director of linancc# is to be replaced* It is also said that he will
be succeeded by the elder brother of ^chammed All tghebll# the
pre scat need of the ^up-ly epartaseift st fsbris*
string#
-he departure of . atiksll fpekchian, the
IbO*
..ussian awoond string# for lehr an has been delved by a lawsuit
brought against him by a crippled brother# who alleges that Fsthnii
iu«s robbed him of hlu property*
if a total of i#OOCi votes given
vasyrinas tarou^hbut Aserbaij m osily twelve
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'by the ^rmenlaas and
were cast agei-iat the Soviet-supported candidate# Axslsshes
uoviyi^masl^* In saleh all but three of a total of £#035 votes
were In hts favour* am procedure followed allowed us liberty of
chaise*
IBS# -0bif ac c^iug* Voting has b^en resumed# the Jiwmiwm
appear ton5?e got U^eir wuy and henkorani Is to be elected* a»
two local notables - V^kel boya and beyyld Mousse iujtahid - who
were organising a campaign oggUMit utnkarml and the influences
working for his election have been expelled tvm Ardwbll on Husaisa
instigation* uiothsr candidate# Hsddi "lOghi ^ahnbaade# has been
Induced to vithi-raw from the election# so m not to oppose Eus&tan
wialiss# iuki is now supporting hsi^omii* lhare stlU remaias s
possibility fi*at heiikorsai’s credentials may be <sh®ll<sn&&% in the
-UsJ Us •
Wltk the Compliments
of the
UnHcr Soci»etary of State
tov Foreign Affairs
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