مجموعة ٢٨/١١٢أ "بلاد فارس. تبريز - رسائل شهرية عن الوضع الداخلي في أذربيجان وتقارير متنوعة." [و‎‎٥‎٣‎٥] (١٢٣٧/١٠٧٢)

-ogress, $o far as oan be Judged the cavalry are goiag arid
infantry ooming in#
rerajam The conscription office is re-established
in Tabriz under SarEang Hussain Mukaddam and notices hate been J
ported calling on the 1921 class to r gister as from September 21st#
General Fourzan is naitied as the future commander of the ne*»
Tabriz division - hen eventually it is formed.
Colonel ' ahin # commanding the rerblen troops in Hezaieh, says
thh« intends to take up winter quarters in Mlenduab. He may
ie t " A 8 ® ail token force in Hezaieh. His wen are still under
canv*.,^ The tezuieh bar woks are in Huasian oocupetica^ those
at /ahbbKd viere destroyed by the Kurds# The presence of troops at
I’ltmduab may improve security in th» t «ree.
800 rifles end 50,000 rounds of ammunition have been sent from
Tehran with fuselan approval to arm a new force of gendarmerie, to
be recruited locally for eervic© on the Turco-Irenian frontier. The
Governor-Generei complained bitterly that the ftueslans had had the
consignments unpacked more than once on the way#
American . The staall group of 0.3. Kray technicians
are being withdrawn from Tabriz and it appears that this route will
no longer be used for the passage of motor-lorries and other supplies
to Russia. They will travel East of the Caspian.
Tusso-Turkiah relations # There has been wild talk about
conaitiona on the Turkish frontier, but responsible Persians, Turks
md Russians all say that‘tne frontier is quiet. On© rumour said
that there had been a clash between Turks and Russians on sept 12th,
but the secret report from the Persian custom* office at Bazurgan
for this perioa stated that all was quiet find I was assured that
had the incident occurred he v?ould have mentioned it. The movement
of cavalry from ;*briz towards the Caucasus gave rise to reports of
concentrations against the Turks. It was even said that the Turkish
Foreign Minister had flown to Moscow to refuse a Russian demand for
the use of the port of Trebizond, and that the Russians were thinking
of taking ic by force. I have no information from H.M. Legation
tnut. such a visit took place. I heve therefore assumed that It did
happen end thot all the rumours depending from/are but A
.ebrizi fantasies. ^
W.) H. W. URQUHART.
Tabriz, September 80th, 1948.
Distribution : Legation, Tehran (8)
Govt, of India.
Tenth Army.
ivTIG Cairo,
mbasay, Kuibyshev.
Foreign Office (4)
f/ini state. ^
CIO I iteghdad
Embassy, Angora.
Consul, JCermanshah.