Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎456r] (911/1148)

most of their tin* irarL ain to be ee-a to "ehr^n, e« the
record© of the Xoc-1 ^overnraent for tre p6<6t ye s *r shov that
little has been attempted beyond tax collecting and less
mcco^ lished. iiiost of the ^rant to the municipality
retai*new unspent no attempt hav t een ;mde to i;aprovc
cone it ions in the municipal area, “he Ustandur shons signs of
*»pro¥ing this stats of affairs.
^ricultui % e, i U. 3. i. • mission of 6 persons arrived in this
district in January t > suggest m*Qixrez to be taKen against
plant diseases, particularly the cotton pests such as "red
worm** which has affected the cotton crops for the last three
years. Shortage of r*:in produced a poor wheat harvest. he
a.strict, which normally has a surplus, produced insuffi
cient for its own needs. ?'ollowing a particular ary yea*
sowiivs for the ring(1942) crops hes been on a decreosea area
The possibility of growia rubber and coffee was
examined but there have been no experiments so far.
Collections of opium in this area were twice fis large us
in the irevioae year.
own rue the end of the ye-ir locusts were reported at
I .Task.
-n^ifttrv nnd Develo nentg. Wo new industries were cormaenced in
this area dur n the year.
There has been increased interest in mineral explora
tions but as yet there nx^e no results of these surveys which
have b^en for the most *rt the w rk of a Dutch concern.
v rom >r au uz(^lst harch) all local monopoly companies
were taken over by the government economic cie aartment to whoa
share holders were obliged to cell their holdings.
VI - Military
Sort! .li Akbar Giyahpush, who haa held command of the
bsraan brigade since the middle of 1935, was transferred to
bhirax in November and was succeeded by Sartip Kouh-ull h
ksixavusi who arrived in . eccober• 3arhang II Kasim - aikadeh
arrived at the suuui tiue as his staff officer.
Sarhang(Colonel) fssdanfar also arrived in December &na
sssamea command of the hensan garrison. He is Commnder-deaig-
n»te of tiie Kerman Brig-ide in the new southern c xi • xu.
.vt the end of the year it was learned that the ekran
Command is to be absorbed into that of Kerman making a new
Southern uivicional Caiman! with headquarters at erman and
with : rf nee headquarters at r eraan, Xhwash ana fahidm.
redistribution of troops is expected. _ * ^
IT*© new barracks at aros—i—ab w^re still uncouple tec
at the end of the year and work proceeds slowly being ost
unpopular with the IochI masons and carpenters who regard the
work, not without reason, as forced labour.
The Mlied entry into Iran evoked little military
activity in ^ernan. Detachments of troops were sent to the
Banaar A bbas—Sir Jan road but it is thought that this ^*ov«? 'as
primarily directed against possible ti'ibal trouble• Notices
calling up the 1915-lfi classes were cancelled two days after
issue • ,
Conscription for military service remains as unpopular
as ever particularly in view of the prevailing corruption
a*aong the higher rank© ona the fact th'it conscripts from
Korean are sent to Khwash where conditions even for t'ie Iran
ian army are said to be dsjlorable•
nteraifl .acuritv. In the first h^ilf of the yen* r^iaa were
**—^^orUu on toe village of ash-Sard in the .qta area ana in
the r udan ana -‘aa^r districts. These were thought to be the
wor^ of Baluchi tribeaaan. The entry of the allies into Iran
haa surprisingly little repercussion in the tribal ^reus
though in depteaber two lorries were held up at the iang-i
pass on uxe dirjan-Bandar vbbas road and the drivers ind
passengers robbed. The i-aiuere in this case were xnown to
belong to douthem Fare •
In December a detachment of troops was sent from Kerman
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