مجموعة ٢٩/ ٤٧ "توظيف كُتاب أخبار" [و‎‎٥‎٢] (١٤٠/١٠٣)

auDJ*ct» I have Indiaated above.
7. 1 nay add that during the tenporarjr closure of tha Reaht
Vice-Consalate, I have had occasion to warn tha Jtunshi in charge
that he must confine hla reports to innocuous subjects I these
reports were apt to contain items, such as reflexions on the Shah's
honesty, whish if interoeptsd could at the worst have led to a
Consular Offleer's transfer from Persia, but which might have cost
a Persian subordinate hie freedom end even hla life.
6. The arrest of Klrsa Darwesh of Ban is still a mystery.
The Acting-Consul at Keman informed me of hie arrest by telegram
at the time and X at once made such enquiries as X could. X have
einee pressed these enquiries without however aeeertslning more that
that the late Qovernor-Oenaral had made an adverse report upon him.
The Chief of Polios, who denies smphatleally that ordsrs were Issue*
from Tehran for his sxeeutlon has called for a full report and X
am still hopeful of obtaining further light on hla ease.
9. X note that the Anting Consul at Kerman has no doubt but
that Mlrsa Darwesh'a arrest was due to his news-letters. X am
ashing Mr. Richardson whether there are any special reason© for
supposing that this was the case, beyond the general reason that
there appears to be no other reasonable explanation. X as also
asking for specimens of the reports that he has sent to the Consul
ate in recent sontha.
ID. In spite of the frtte of Jilrsa Darveah of Ham, X see mo
reason why Persian subjects should not be employed by Consular
Officers to eolleet Information of an innocent kina, provided that
on the one hand no attempt is made to conceal their employment from
the Persian minorities sna that on the ether the sen so employed
should not be commonly called, and above all should not sail them
selves, by any title implying that they hold an off lei al position.
X agree however that such appointments should not be made unless
there are speelsl reasons that render this necessary. X propose
that