Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎452r] (906/1237)

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May Xat tiw caiitaULu, local omilals and parBiaalltlo# »er«
invltod to tbs R«a vurav ^luo to *«# too llltia .h -< .aa j
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ame deiAoaatratlvely «lth m ami talU»d exuberantly about the
4. ath 4 nay* under the ebeervadt eyee (rt‘ the local otTidale. i’he
Zivtii 13 that u« -W8B a Uftft Uit *»i.. t; oa i.a>' ^«y the iron rule
ttgalust arlidtlAt la relaxed in the Had umy and all through the
town there acre to be aeen atXloere more or leaa "under the
^ Ini luvnoe * w
A w&&k l&i&r mm twx iv&U&r proof o£ Uw tull oviiig of tiw
poMoXuflL* fi» ovoaUit, aftor Uio fall of iuaia azti aorta oao
cumooziood VIo® Ooaool ua4 a party of oritlali ^uaato ia t3»
a ars# i,e tfcda la Jraotlcally tho otily place to wbioft one
oua XaviU ^ueata la tala aora o-trsm toon toe re are generally
groups of auu&i&m olaiag taexo* -a tala occasion, Inatead of
r^aalaiAg aloof taay barged taelr gl&sse a, made mpmmahmm and
i pralaed the aritlea to their faces* Mar* vgdea, of omrae,
i«eapo:iioed and, oaa ti*la fcv leading to anoUat r, f ound himself la
jUmlasat danger of helo^ publicly embraced by s &usslaa with out-
* sloe moustaches* *• British are not gulte ecusl to respoasdlog
to that sort ef thing as yet, ready as ee are t o do east ever tha
Clog's service m^y require*
.u may 14th deooral CaldouMov called on me hlmaelf, his
first visit* and paid masy oompllmeats* ic do aim justice, X
think he would have come to visit me long ago had he felt free to
do so* fhere seems little doubt that the word has bee a glvea
from up top that the British are all right, sad that little Ivsa
may now play with iaamy Atkins*
XacideathUy, is it not curious that the deoeral, a floe
stalwart fellow, the leader of a people’s arcay* should wear a
uniform with pink satin lining» and he math that a yellow silk
a hi rtf
lim ititteuiate result of this Ausslan cordiality is that the
local oi ii cl ala htwm trimmod their sails, and X am receiving
friendly approaches from officials whom X know to he pxlaarily
'.Ufeso-puile •
109* daruld hieolsoa’s -isrginal do^eat 51 la the
MPhOf Af ok of He camber 4th (which has just reached Xsbrls) is of
the greatest moment to anyone conoemsd to probe beneath the futile
supsrfloialltlee of our present practice In Persia, to anyone
anxious to secure a genuine sucoess* It is a sombre fact that,
as tie points out, the world at large, and even our own kith and
kin, Udve been left ignorant and apathetic about some of our best
achievements § that many are bored and shamed by the mention ©f
the British mpire* le *u0m lost a grtat Inspiration and found
nothing equivalent to put in its place*
Per Oie time being our nation has found Inspiration, purpose,
w&t in tnis war for survival| it has risen to greatness again,
to world leadership* Xhoos countries who nave suffered under
liltl<itr Ism, who want us to win, are obviously fertile fields for
the excellent propaganda being put out by the dMC and in other
w^ya* »m have a common goal, even if it is still only the
limited and short-term objective of winniag the war*
irwraia le essentially different* Persia doesn’t want us to
win the war* hast year we stirred tmtat Persian imagination with
our first thousand bomber raid lor a brief moment and then our
stock slumped and slumped* kow we have their respect again for
another brief moment, thanks to our africaa victories} but Hitler
remains timir best hope because he filled their pockets and at the
amw time dangled a new mad glitterimg order before their eyes.
cannot hope permanently to win their sympathy and cooperation
until we recognise that any people, whSher or own or ioreign, needs
an objective thloh will inspire it to high endeavour. The status
; u o l® ae.ith* IMtdi me have a programme which will ins ire our
cm people to postwar progress, as our imperialism inspired s Past
generation, we shall have little to offer Persia in plaoe of
hitler’s dew wrder, and we shall still be applying our wa^-type
propaganda to an entirely barren field*
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