File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎272r] (191/1080)

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28. Large number of troops are being sent from Tashkent to Ferghana. All
discharged soldiers and those on leave have been recalled.
29. Distressing reports come from Samara, which say that the famine is far
worse m Central Russia than m Turkestan. Bolsheviks are accused of shooting or
drowning the refugees whom they are unable to feed
Ferghana.
30 Khohmd, May 7&A.—Three Russian and two Ottoman Turk officers
are said to have arrived m Ferghana via the Pamirs, and have joined the rebels
Iheir names are not known.
31. Fighting has increased since the 10th May, and the rebels of Khokand
have joined those of Marghilan, under the leadership of Ear Sher Muhammad
(vide Diary No. 9, paragraph 8). Bolshevik reinforcements are arriving daily
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Afghanistan.
32. The Afghan Consul-General in an interview told the Indian Attache of
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General that Jemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had received a large
amount of money from the Bolsheviks, and that he was hated by the Angora
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33. He knew that Nadir Khan had been sent to Badakshan and Kataghan
districts, to conduct the mobilisation of troops, and thought that Nadir Khan
would probably visit the Herat district to inspect and establish forces considered
necessary along the frontier. Troops and guns had already been sent from Herat
to the frontier at Kushk, ^,nd Bolshevik troops had been distributed along the
frontier. He thinks it probable that there will be war between Afghanistan
and Russia.
34. In discussing Bokharan matters, the Afghan Consul-General said that
Enver Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. does not visit Kabul now, but had ^gone there after fleeing from
Bokhara, and then returned secretly to Turkestan to lead the rebels. He does
not know the whereabouts of the esc-Amir.
Meshed ; G. L. STRATTON, Captain,
The 6th June 1922. Military Attache.
Distribution.—
The Chief of the General Staff, Simla. •
The Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
British Military Attache, Tehran. »
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General, Meshed.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Sistan.
Intelligence Bureau, Peshawar.
Intelligence Bureau, Quetta.
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