مجموعة ٢٨/١٣٣ "بلاد فارس. رشت؛ مذكرات شهرية" [و‎‎٨] (١٣٢/١٥)

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The Hesht Hilary garrison turned
December to celebrate the victory over Azarbaijcn. A proce^^ion of
troops, v ith armoured support comprising two li^ht and tv/c medium
tanks > paraded through the streets. ;.otor cycle squads of Democrat
party memebers, in their khaki uniforms and liaht blue pill-box hats,
also took part, nd the municipal band played its usual repertoire
of tunes. In the evening the Democrat party celebrated in the
municipal buildings* Saturday the 14th w 3 declared a holiday for all
schools.
2. On I4th December Colonel MGGHBELI, Officer Commanding the
hesht Brigade, left for Astara with about five hundred men from the
Eefiht ana Fahlevi garrisons. His object was to carry out mopping up
operations among remnants of the Azarbaijan forces which had scatter
ed after the occupation of Tabriz, and to restore security in the
area Ardebil-Herau-.-stara.
0* ^he reported transfer of Agh i ilKAK, the doverncr of hesht,
and his replacement by GHCLA. HG33KI1 SA..!*!* did not take place,
inhan was still in Eesht at the end of the month.
4. On I6th December it w,.s decided that the time had come when
vengeance could be safely wreaked on the Tudeh party in Kesht,and
consequently their party headquarters v;ere closed down, and all
sirnboards and posters torn down. Sharifi, the leader of the iudeh
in Re sht, was arrested while in the act of escaping- to Tehran, but
his son stood bail for him to the tune of Rials 200,000.
5. On 2£nc December some 250 armed tribesmen from the Talesh and
Shaft ar’eas and the Shahsevan tribe,who had fought a c ainst the
Azerbaijan forces intermittently since the secession of that
provin^ee, were transported to Resht in lorries end received by the
municipal authorities. •