File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎706v] (1060/1080)

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■wtose presence appears doubtful. Among the artillery are 2 S-inch howitzers
8 other guns of different calibres as well as several guns with the cavalry*
There are about 500 transport carts and 500 to 1,000 camels.
Ten guns on trucks were reported at the railway station, but it is probable'
that some at least have been sent on westwards.
Rizil Arvat. —13th December. 4,000 troops, mostly Musalmans, with 7
field guns. The garrison of Qara Qalah had returned to Kizil Arvat leaving
100 to 150 men at the former place. During the previous week some 2,000
troops passed through to Krasnovodsk. (The above is from an intelligent
inhabitant, but other sources give the strength as less than here estimated.)
Rramovodsk. —13th December. 4,000 troops of mixed races. |Half of these
arrived since the 8 th December from Askhabad. When informant left on. 13th
December the port presented a busy scene, troops arriving from west embarking
on transports in the harbour. Their destination was said to be Baku for Enzeli,.
but there was also talk of the despatch of some troops to Astrabad.
A steamer recently lost at sea was at first said to be a transport, but later-
reports give it as a cargo vessel.
10. Ifaku. —14th December. 9,000 troops of whom about half had arrived
from Krasnovodsk during the second week of December. The town and sur
rounding hills are strongly defended, guns being mounted on defences.
forcible enlistment w r as being carried out and Persians w ere called on to
enlist for service in the Eesht area as a sacred and patriotic duty.
About every third day a transport with troops left for Enzeli.
According to an informant w ho left Baku on the 25th December there-
were then very many troops there of whom a number were being prepared for
service at Besht.
British Military Mission,.
Meshed.
E„ A. E. BEDL, Lieut.-Colonel,
General Staff.,
Extract from Bolshevik newspaper “ Bednota ”, Moscow^ dated 24th Rov^-
ember W20‘.
English newspapers are full of impatient expectation as to when will trade
commerce with Soviet Russia. Traders and commercial houses are heaping
the Government with questions in regard to this. Why such hurry ? Eirst
reason—defeat of the last White Guard forces by the Bed Army. Second
reason—pressure of English workmen.. Another reason is that they are afraid
that the revolution will spread from iiussia to England’s rich dominions in
Asia. By a peaceful agreement the English capitalists hope to stop the Soviet
Government’s agitation in Assia. Make haste Messrs. Bourgeois : to-day you
are still in pow r er; but, who will guarantee that in a short time we will
not be buying peace from you, but will conclude a brotherly union with
the English Soviet Government..
Extract from the “ Bairaq-i-Adalat " published by the 1st Army Political
Department, dated the 7th November 1920.
(This is an extraordinary number of the paper published on the 3rd
anniversary of the declaration of Soviet Bepublic in Russia.)
“ On auspicious occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the Great Revolution''
Oh Muslim Brethren. Open your eyes and look round. Think of the
conditions under which Muslims are living. Think of your countries Persia
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