Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎372r] (746/1237)

^ iiiia Uiformaat,* tuiak t^at. stock has not
a^px-tfciahV rijoi^ix* in iact tnla is likal^ iroia ± r» ^ajidzoaoh*®
ctrin naai® 4 sicn taut duriii^. IU& absence at .rucbil daiiveries of
uZ^nin to silo at one# sl&okcai&cL ofi to Fisa ut^,ain as soon aa ha
Futuraad* fh® Mana^ajr of th* iMparinX -ank aaii yasterua/ on
iiUomatioa# hunger ai^ht a^uin fuoo fahrik should tiw road© h®
ilocked fox* any Xox^th of tiA® tnie wlntof*
t-ubj^ct of supplies to fohraa was a,.&Xn takon up with
*"f* h&jid®%a«h« a® ®*px«&a#u aoafid«no® taat th# capital c^n be
aupplled with 1, ,000 tone of wheat ut the controlled price, addin.-
that the firat con^i^naeut of 1,000 tone will o® sent from hianeh in
about t«xt or fifteen day a tine, otaer aonai^nmenta following at un—
! stated interval#• he thought that eventually fehran would ue able
to bu* larb« dUi»ntities in the open market at leas than tne controll-*
ea price*
or. iiajl&eaaeb said Wat he had wished to proceed to to nr an
for a few days to discuas his proulens peraonuliy with hr. hillspa%h,
out he had not received any enooura...ement • i»e was hanuicapped on
every hand by the incompetence and corruption of the official© of
lue supply department. If tuey knew tiasir job, tiiey were ro 4 uess if
tncy were none^t, tncy were Ignorant, he complained# as one example
of udnlnistrativ# bungling,, tixat the lorty~iive trucks that haa just
arrived had coiiie empty, while there are sacks and su^ar for fabris
waiting to be tranapox*t#d from mianeh. ihe sacks are vitally
necessary for the collection of grain and the sugar, ur fe eatly needed
by the population, is lyin*, tnsre exposed to the elements and
pilferers, he a v .ain spoke, uu he hau done a fo<*tni > . ( at previously,
about tne ieilure ox the government to provide the necessary credits
for tits purchase ox grain*
latest figures show that engagements for the acquisition
oi' h? ,000 tons oi wheat and lb,uQ0 tons of barley at controlled
priceb have now been entered ixito as «aa;>ared with hi,000 tons of
*uest ana X1#0 (Xj tone oi hurley on hovember ibth. Actual purchases
ax'*® now stated to be 19,000 tons of wheat and 7,000 tans of barley
si> compared with lh,000 tons end 0,000 tans respectively on the
date*
ijnfe♦, rU# Auselexis, it is x*eported# arc aa;iataln-
*%> 44 political officer, a U&ucnsiaa hcelen named Abdulaleff, at
-ohabaKi, where he is taking an interest in tribal affairs, sometimes
backing one tribe, sometir^e© another without any clear ascertainable
ilny. , bout fortnight ago, accompanied by two Xiucaian officers
from hCEaieh# he visited ^iicikh hat if at b&rdnsht* iu® visit
appears to navc put at rest tue suspicions the Russians were harbour^
in^ about his activities# ana the desirabliity of his continued
pre.^d»iv*c, x.oi' It xs now unticrstood to be immaterial to tucm whetxyjir
he goes or stiyys*
It was reported in lubris clary x4o» 17, per© A, u.at the
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hi- see p-»6. authorities «ishcu to sev Shciith ^utif removed* .notner step
o ^k. beum to huvo taken to effect this Object was for tne voveraor-*
frT6ify benei'iil at uesuien to summon hohuimaed dhasi, fvwiir idsad end Aaraini
Hiha hna ask for their no Ip in expelling aim from berdseht. fheir
attitude to this x*equt'yt is not known.
ihe tribes ax*e quiet apart from minor incidents* ^coaomioally
they ax*# in e procpercus statex ti^ix' crops of com# sugar beet an -4
tobacco nave been good end tney are disposing of tiiem at good prices,
iney arc being left very much to themielves, free of interference
irom ti.i,c j erslan .^rmy and ^enaarmwrie. .-.t hehabed# for excikole,
therw are neither troops nor bexuiemerle# the he&x*est detachment of
tu# latter being ststloxxed at ^iundusb.
fha ersian deaersl at iabrisc. states tust the ,uras are cont
inuing to buy arms from fur key ana to carry them openly* hlsamomexit
is as ffir Off as cvex*.
iiudr ^l^huxi, the newly elected deputy for Aahabad, nao left
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