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CONFIDENTIAL.
Isfahan kV^Aary ^ o.Q.Mav 1-15,1943.
I. Tribes. In reply to Abul Qasiin f s terms of surrender (see diary
No. 8 ,paragraph I) the Ministry of War said that he must
, ' and then the Government would discuss terms
htx ^ . he Britlsh Military Attache is understood,in addition,to
nay sent him a message that he should go to Ahwaz whereupon dis-
cus*sions could be started with the Government, however neither of
these proposals was accepted by Abul Qasim and the position is the
same as Wore. It appears that he has now come to began on the
south side of the Chigakhor plain which is the summer flece of a
part of the n a ft -^ng tribe.
L « W i e ?? n ?? S an 2 ^ 0 ‘ b ‘ ber y continue in Chahar ivxahal but now
-Length, a battalion of infantry has been sent to Shahr Ik urd
under the command of Col. Aftassi and it is hoped that there will
be some improvement. Unfortunately the troops have no proper ration
arrangements and living on the district, ^his means that the vill
agers suffer as much from the soldiers as they do from the depred-
^ a ? im snd the rohhers. General Hakhchevan visited
ohahr ^urd a few days ago,
Gen ? ral Nelchoheva n lias returned from Shiraz. He had the
^ a + 0 f + PerSU f d:ln f ° ne 0f the A3 ' fid family to accompany the troops
and to try and undermine the influence of Abul Qasira in Bakhtiari
ed^Uad^^r, th e t h8n *® W i?? m he wanted t0 sen d » Salar Aazam/lvbhai-
ed As ad),refused to go on the grounds that in view of the rdeent
ighting between Bakhtiaris and Government troops in the Izeh-Qal-
pi-S fa “ • ith " i ’ ,s «»• “ °-=»« w
In Pereidan lawlessness alsomappears to be increasing.
^ 13 reported here that General 3 e tvati has been appoint-
from Tehran g0Vern01 ' of Bfllch ti 8 ri and that he will shortly come
• ^ ^ Nasir '3 ali Sadri, formerly Bakhshdar of Ardal.has been
Par ® andRr °f ye newly created Semirum shnhrestan. A Col.
Jahanbeglu had previously been appointed but had gone sick end,accor
ding to Gen. Hakhchevan,Gen.Shahbakhti did not wont to suggest an-
other name because difftoultiesx were always raised over his can-
b 1 " 0 bat ^ a * i « s?x of infantr y 'i nd er Col. Shaqoqi have been
sent to Semi rum.
, Col.Sayyar has been appointed military governor of Fer-
troops^ith^im 0316 t0 hiS P ° St 8t ^ arun; h0 has a sma11 ^ody of
2 , Soviet Interests, On May 1st,the Soviet Consulate gave a spec
showing of the new Soviet-made film ’Iran'* to -
specially invited audience. The Soviet Ambassador was present. The
film was technically very good but the rather obvious insertions of
specifically Soviet propaganda in it were immediately spotted by the
rich section of the audience and noted with displeasure. J
The number of Russians in the Soviet Consulate
Moscow nine ° r ten and eV6n includes a Russian gardener brought from
The Soviet Ambassador returned to Teheran on
May 3rd, On May Snd he was entertained to lunch and dinner bv
Saren-ed-Douleh. **
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», Persian Officials. It has been announced that Farajullah Bahrami
- — — w i jLo.au Driirvi
n tr* - ^ vDabir-i-.Aazam) has been appointed Governor
General of the 10th. Ustan. It is not yet known when he will arrive.
_ - , . , ^ ^ w ss said that the Head of the Department of
Industries and Commerce here, M, Moayyeri, had been arrested for
mis-appropriation of money, but hsx he has evidently been able to
square things and is now out and about again.
4. Food Situation, As from May 15th. the local authorities and the
factory An East India Company trading post. owners, who are producing the money,have
arranged tp fix the price of bread at 4 krans and 16 shahis a panjah
(1 "5/8} lbs) by Subsidizing the bakers. 1
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