File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎393v] (434/1080)

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the opinion of “ the man in the street ” which is what was wanted but -4
that newspaper editors are always speaking and writing against the ]Vn?
The Afghans will not believe in. the treaty until Panjdeh and Kushk
ceded to them. He concluded his letter with the remark that the reciorn T
between the Bolsheviks and Afghans is due to the friendlv
between the former and the Turks. ^ 10118
(i) The Bolshevik Consul is reported to have said that his Governmp f
had sent large reinforcements to the assistance of the Angora Government ^
(n) The Bolshevik Council still refuses to return to the city contend;
that the air there does not suit him. The town clerk who had been deputed ^
see him on the matter told him he was not sent to Herat for the enioyment n°f
the. climate but to carry out the work of the State. The Consul then co °.
plained there was no accommodation for his messengers in the town quartp 1
amd was told accommodation would be arranged for them. He said he^ would
think over the matter and give an answer in two days. Q
(Hi) A head clerk for the civil and one for the military department W
been appointed from Kabul. A civil brigadier, Abdul Bahim Khan has
arrived from Kabul in connection with various matters, one being the idenfifi
cation of finger prints. °
(iv) Colonel Muhammad Shueb Khan of the Khaki battalion with his
adjutant and a troop of cavalry returned to Herat from Kafir Qala on the 23rd.
.Abdul Aziz Khan with a detachment of Khawanin horsemen arrived from the
i T - he ^T 61 °V he G . hazni battalion is in Kafir Qala and it is said
that the Khaki and Ghazni battalions will be detailed for frontier duty in small
posts.
(«?) Correspondence from the Amir of Kain (Shaukat-ul-Mulk) has been
received by the Kaib-ul-Hukumeh regarding the raid on camels conveying the
property of an American missionary doctor and bis wife who were on thehwav
Af^a^terrhory ^ 1Stan * ^ iS ^ eiieve( ^ ^be raiders may have escaped into
(vi) The Jamshedi, Abdul Bahman Khan, who is literate in Bussian and
was employed for that reason by the Kaib-ul-Hukumeh, has been sum-
moned to Kabul for similar duties in the office of the Minister for Foreton
Anairs. 0
(mi) The Kaib-ul-Hukumeh has been ordered to send four Sunnis, two
Assembly ^ ^ t0 Kal3ul as re P res entatives in the Afghan National
(mu) On the 28th 26 men arrived from Kabul. One is Muhammad
small Kjian, an educational expert who is going to introduce new methods of
raimn & in o Herat schools. The others are students en route for Germany
via Bussia. 1
P x \ ' L ! 3e e ^ ers are collecting funds from the public for the require-
s q /tj 00 ?^ at * e( i uca ^io n al expert has selected the barracks
of the 3rd Herati battalion for the purposes of a school. The battalion is to
shift to some other place.
H. J. WALLIS, Major,
Military Attache.
Distribution —
The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General, Khorasan.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Sistan.
Intelligence Bureau, Peshawar.
Intelligence Bureau, Quetta.
Meshed;
The 5th November 1921
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