File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎554r] (755/1080)

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Committee is iusayeb Shakbazer, vice-president Hassaa Quli Khalkali.
This Committee was reformed on the 9th April.
tactical points in the neighbourhood of Kerki are entrenched.
wired, and are being generally improved. On the opposite bank
oi the river is a hill near the shrine of Imam Jaffar which has been
converted into a strong point and where guns are being mounted. A large
garrison is still maintained at Besaqa, a party of 500 with 4 machine
» guns having been seen going there. Afghan traders occasionally arrive
bringing snuff, raisins and shoes which they exchange for karakul skins
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■ mnA f* air*Tw& tcs _ ffojati 11 Aft r*emnA nnw ^nirfi nan t q fitful raids
by Turkmen against Bolshevik posts along the river bank.
There is m Afghan vice consul at Kerki. The Bolsheviks have a
representative in every important town along the Afghan frontier.
The Bolsheviks are suspicious of the relations between ourselves
land the Bolsheviksland talk of secret treaties having been entered into
by us. They point to the unprecedented recruiting in Afghanistan and
to the activities of the Amir of Bokhara in Afghan territory — all of
which is, no doubt, exaggerated by them. Hence, they say]$ they are com*
pilled to maintain large forces on the Afghan Frontier.
The railway line from Karshi to Kerkd is not progressing and
work is suspended.
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Five Bolshevik military posts were seen on the north bank of
• 1 the Amp Darya, each estimated to hold fifty men.
Military Komissar, Alanikov, Town Komissar, Casperov, an
Armenian. Officials in charge of Muslim affairs, Ibrahim Moeham Baiov
- and Nur—ud-din Karaval Bec[i. Head of the i or si an community is Abdul-
fazl Ali Quliov.
irAffiK- On the 17th April a largely at tended public meeting was held at
which soldiers also attended. It was decided to re-org-nise
the Adalat Committee. 1'he objects and rules are to be the same as thos
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of the Adalat Party bat the party will function under another name.
The Young Bokharan Party at present control Bokharan affairs
tho 1 a few Bussian Tartars still enjoy office. six Usmanlis who