File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎581r] (809/1080)

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: % |^x KHAF. : pliis ccrrospondent reports ruacurs of the withdrawal of
Afghan infantry detacfuients from the Persian frontier and
*.... fteir substitution by khawanin sowars, fjg,
Three Turks passed through harez enroute to keshed from Kabul
on he 7th instant. This report has been received too late to be
of acy utility.
A detachment of 15 liarai sowars has arrired from Meshed des-
matched since the changes in the provincial capital.
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mL QYODSK . An arrival from this port and who left on the 9th April
reports that the Bolshevik commander of the Krasnovodsk
rea has his headquarters where British officers had their quarters —
hat is, opposite the station — in 1918-1919.
Dearth of fuel has caused the dismantling of a large barrack
uilding. Food is scarce and is procured from Yomud Turkmen by har
ering therefor arms and ammunition. This is leading to the arming
f these tribes, a point to which the attention of the Persian Oovernment
s invited.
hi lail MM Nil.
S ;Sk. assi gKHAalD. News from this centre is scanty. It is hoped that with
the complete reGHjaption of trade which should soon occur
onsiderable facilities for opening up sources of information will
nsue.
-arl H Mews of an attack by robbers upon a Turkmen Kafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. en route
rom Khiva to Askhabad is given by a Persian eorresporident who writes
hat the personriel was completely destroyed. There can oe no doubt
ihat the Kara ^ura nust by very unsafe for travellers at present.
The Bolsheviks affect to be very disheartened at their failure
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io gain a footing in Persia and at the strong position therein
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