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CONFIDENTIAL.
U»H<*r Saoratary ®f State
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Sir R Bullard to Mr. Eden— (Received May 20.) // : (9
(No. 133. Confidential.) . ^ xt-
HIS Maiesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majest> s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copv of Tabriz despatch No. 11 of the 23rd April to lehran on the
subject of the internal situation in Azerbaijan. Ztyu-
Tehran, May 2, 1942. /»
CJvs DM.
Enclosure.
Consul Cook to Sir R. Bullard.
£ 0 . 11. Confidential.) ra6r! : 2 , Apr il 23, 1942. ^
" i HAVE the honour to report that the situation in Tabriz and Azerbaijan is
still quiet, and only a few minor cases of robbery are reported f r0 ’ n v ’ a f® n S "'^^
Rezaieh The Chief of Gendarmerie has reported from Rezaieh that the position
there is satisfactory, so that the Prime Minister’s recent protests on this ^ore
appear to be at least out of date. This is the time of year, of course, when nearh
nil the Domilation are busy with ploughing and sowing m this part of the woild,
so that thereTs less time for mischief and politics, and agricultural conditions seem
to be particularly favourable this spring. j
2. The so-called “democratic” club movement has now disappeared m
Tabriz following a poor display of inefficiency and half-heartedness by the loca
police After allowing the ringleaders to go into hiding the authorities arrested
one member, who had fired a pistol in public, and were bold enough to seize the
new painted sign of the club. As a, protest several members shut themseh es m
the chib with their arms, and the police waited outside for some A
were then allowed to leave the club premises and march (fully armed) to the ^ et
Consulate-General to ask for advice and assistance, but my Soviet colleague says
that he refused to see them. Realising that the game was up, the democrats
dispersed and the leading light, a seedy Kurdish sea-Lawyer named Zandi. was
given a sum of money by the Governor-General to leave the district for Rezaie^
a bus being also kindlv placed at his disposal for the transport of his two wi\es
jot ssssn
• » •» foreigners'resident in Tnbri. which
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RECd. POL. DEPt.
6JUN 942
INDIA OFFICE