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'he ?rio»th has h*ea Irco ot any eh tn^t^nort Im^rtOiit
mamit u lias a • The Uetenaar has baea oh laxly ooncamad ait^
toriuii/;^ the XoaaX aXaetlons for th « 14th Majlis to a oanoluslou #
ar*o the F&m&Mar of /,ur 4 istaa # who visited j * man shah for two
days early in the month to nonsuit FAHiy«ud-i»uU ^8 on his own
election prohlenis t was slirniXarly oecupied at (see oelo*»j«
2. Ice orts in th«i Tehran press that a new Farmandari» inds lendsiv
of the Famandari of 1 urdietant was to he created out of the
districts of * BAH&f, BAMt&ASBf anu possibly IUHAAAD # had
no official confirmation be re at the end of the month* The
Ustutnaar* tfien «o v ed about the matter, stated that he had seen
the reports in the press, but had received no word from Tehran
whether the new governorship was to come within the 4th Uataa
(as the newspapers had it) or within the oth* There is some
indication that this administrative re«-grouping has, in fact,
advanced beyoiui the preliminary stages xor the a* c# senneh
reported in the third «\eefc of December that one A* AZM kV&Ml was
expected to arrive at &AQ 4 I& from AHUIUUUABAD as th# new doesrnon
3. The gendarmerie continueu to be a byword for impotence and
corruption. It has suffered such neglect, in its senior
appointments, for some months past th at it will now ta/e an
unusually capable officer to restore it to a ssmblanoe of
•mel*ft*jr» Major ALAI, who first arrived in this area early
in septenoer as an lr»spector and remained to command the
gendarmerie Regiment, showed at the outset a disposition to
grapple with his difficulties. **e professed s aeaire to co
operate with the British authorities and indeed for a time
showed cofamendable activity* Latterly, however, he appears to
have lost interest and hopes for a transfer* The senior pest
of CoHBnarider of the Pi strict be*a remained vacant since bef ore
H.M# OansuX 9 a arrival here at the enu of Au^uat Xaet* Joionel
tAMUitf until recently 0 * 0 * fiomdaneerto at HAtiA&Mi, is reported
to be destined for Re noun shah - there waa^no-newa pf Sis arrival
at the mid of the month* | l * r ' I .
4* The American Adviser in the department bf ;iupply, 4 I
BABdAS* left on the 14th lor Shires where.he was to up
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