مجموعة ٢٨/ ٩٧ (٢) "ملخصات استخباراتية خاصة بطهران" [و‎‎١‎٤] (٢٥٢/٢٧)

MILITARY.
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, , , lhc lc ? s ^ 1 ” rtn ight has boon thu nornal period for the half-yearly
° f c ° nscri P ts f?L thc Persian Anay. Eocruitont appears to have gone well
rj_T hran whore ovor 5000 conscripts were brought in during the first week,
TohrS ^ea 0 for°th° r baTf C,G,S *' °" t of a total of abo “t 7500 required from the
during the first weo^ yD&r ' C ° rtain fomations °^pleted their require,»nt
7* /irreat of Captain Ruzbo h«
Obtain Khosrow Ruzbeh, who deserted from the Array and joined
iahivari s ^erbaijan rebels, and subsequently escaped to the U.S.S.R., was
n % ar Tehran on 10th April, with two of his accomplices, one a cashiered
r lo ^l n^xiod Shcnf. Ruzbeh is believed to hr^ve been plotting against the
Government with other pro-Soviet elements. He is to be tried by cT4^m^ial
for desertion and treason. ^ rtlaJ -
MISRNAL SECURITY.
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Military law in certain Caspian towns.
The Persian C.G.S. told the M.A. on 19th April that nilitarv law had
ln 3C ' TOn tOWnS n0aT tho Cas P ian Sea » viz:- Gu?gan, Sari,
Zlrab » Nauahnhr, Chalus, Shahsawar. The reason for this is that trouble
f"ot^ B ty PCrS ° na Wh ° earlior this y° ar dismissed froS^^mmont
tL 0 a°S S ^ tXirS ° nE nurnborin S ab °ut 300 , are, acco^To
Jhe^C.G.S., mainly Tudoh sympathisers. military govomuent will, apparently,
V. ’ fn activities of these trouble makers to bo controlled effectively.
the^Jtorl ^ r ^' rrCS ^ i n mdo ' and ^ is ^P 613 that the arrest of a fL of
the leaders i:ic.y damp the ardour of the others. The question of the necessitv of
extending these measures to Rcsht, and other places in its vicinity, has h.en
reierreo to the Governor-General for his opinion before a decision is made.
9« Arrests in Tehran.
the effect tSTR ir i bhu n ° ntb tlfc anistor «f the Interior issued a statement to
the effect that a drive was to take place to rid Tehran of gangsters and reduce
arTOfltfhL° f h, r 0 bbCr fl° S ^ r - luraor3 • As a result, a oonsiderablc number of
t.rreots have been rar.de and according to the Press some seventy of those arrested
have been deported to Bandar Abbas. The Mch party paper, "l^don" confers
the arrests are in reality a plot on behalf of the authorities to exp^l lar^
numbers of progressives 1 '. The C.G.S. told the K.A. that there is no political
motive in the arrests which, to date, number about 500 .
10 * Press law, article A 9 .
+-w a -4 -Thti Chicf of Police recently announced to members of the Tehran cress
gi^s the°Dolt 9 ° law WOUld 111 futurc ri - ldl y «rforccd. This'rrtiole
l:>C ri; r 3us f nd P a P°rs publishing material offensive to the
.. slen religion or the royal family, or which divuloes military secrets ino-lton
the public to disorder or offends against dcoon.y. All cooi^f oS of tto Snor
-n W ° rC oonfisoatud b y Poli«o shortly afterwards for eubUshiL
evolution. The announcement of the onforconunt of article 49
11. Br.khti 7 .ri - arrest of Abol Qasin.
north-west by Persian cavalry to the area of Dashtak. A few days later Abol Qasim
/was
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