Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎175r] (352/517)

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73. Mr. Ata-ullah Roohi t the peput
on the 13th*
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74. iirlgftdier ^ha'ri, the General Officer Comraanding, went on tour
to Bandar Abbas on the 6th*
Local Affairs
75. On arch 1st, a convocation was convened at the iahlev! tfohool
fcy the Education department at which graduates received tte Ir cer
tificates. The program/ne included a two-hour play whioh was attended
by a large number of guests, including H.K* the Ustandar*
76. On the 2nd, a condolence meeting was held at the Jami* mosque
in remembrance of the late Mr. ilassan Ifcfandiari, t£e termer president
of the Uajlis, at whioh the Governor General and a number of other
officials and local notables were present*
77. The anti- rofiteering Law was enforced in Kerman, for the first
time since its inception, during the period under review, when one of
the local butchers was publicly whipped in the Municipal building for
selling meat at a price above the Municipal rate.
78. Following the publication in the local paper of the newsthat
Frinoe All Reza had been admitted into the French Military Academy
rumours were circulated to the effect that this had been planned by the
British Government who eventually intended to place him on the throne
Instead of the present Shah.
79. Iran’s declaration of non-belligerent war on Japan omsed a great
deal of interest and spec ilation whioh was, however, ehert-lived.
30. On the 15th afternoon, a two-engined transport aircraft carrying
five G.i>. irmy Air 1 oroe personnel, crashed on the Kerman aerodrome
while taking off, due to the collapse of its landing gear. The pilot
was seriously injured when the port engine propeller hit the pilot?s
seat, but the remainder of the crew escaped with minor injuries. They
received treatment at the C.M*o. Hospital, and Y/ere flown to Tehran
on the following day by a plane whioh arrived from there to evacuate
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31. Though the u.C.J's effort, to InoreaBe the security cf roads In
tne rroTinoe appear to have hod a discouraging effect on the activities
of large armed gangs of bandits, reports of isoloted incidents continue
?Ti V fh £? m tiwe t0 1:1 *• A r8:port froffl Baft ’ for instance,
st „es that the linanoe Agent of that town was hold up, during the peri-
o-'^ui'.e# report, bj Jahangir JSuchakehi and a few otter armed men, and
ment Troi°rt a 00n8lderabl9 6UOUJ ' ,fc his personal belongings and Govern-
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