مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٣] (٩٣٨/٥٤٦)

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Sun::]ary far the period freo let t 15th January 1945.
1 • MOVELISITTS.
( a ) Eriti£h Officials.
(i) armed c&ccrt for a. convoy of lorries to he driven
by American soldiers* was sent to Bush ire by Tenth Army duribg
the fortnight and left with the. convoy on 5th January. They
were unable to obtain all their requirements locally, as th:ir
commander had been informed that there was a Base ‘Depot at
Bushirc, from which In could draw rations, clothing aii barbed
wir. .
(ii) Mr. E.G. Price, of the Ministry of Y/ur Trans per ,
Basra, arrived here on 1st January and left on 3rd January,
after discussing the development of the port v/ith local interest
ed parties.
(b) Ilrsian Officials.
Major PTcori, officer commanding. Bus hire garrison,
retui led from Shiraz on the 4th January 194 3.
( c ) Allied o f fici .ls_.
MIL
H . LOCaL
(a) Instructions have been received from Tehran that all
Mun pal taxes should b^ doubled with effect from 1st of
Bam.]: •: ( 22nd Jan .
fb' The Customs revenue during the last Persian month was
insufficient ^ven to cover the wages of the staff, a loan of
4000 Tomans was taken from a local march--"' h to meet this liability.
Ill. COMMU1 TICaT101TS .
(a) ire 1 c ss. as a result of the representations of this
Consulate General, the Director of Posts and T.legraphs has
been instructed by Tehran that wireless communication with'
Bahrain and Abadan should be afforded only when the cable is
interrupted, and that even then wireless may only be used for
mess-ges to and from the Residency: also that wireless may only
b^. us-d vath Tehran and Lingeh for four hours daily under the
supervision of the British Censor, and that s soon as this
period is over the instrument re m may b-- locked up by the Cc-nsoT
RECd. POL. DEPT.
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