Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [‎592r] (1183/1203)

PERSIAN
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INTELLIGENCE REPORT -
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'JANUARY 1935.
mam.
Police, TRe Clerk-in-Charge reports that early in
the month, four of the twenty men composing the police
force "tendered their resignations" to the Chief of
Police, who more often receives mention in this report
as the Leputy Governor. It is understood that ohe of
the four cast off his uniform and refused to work, and
was consequently placed in prison in deshabille.
£.- The men T s grievancewas that they had received
no pay for the past two months and they were rash enough
to suggest that the Leputy Governor had withheld it.
This state of affairs nas since been remedied, and the
men have now been re-instated in the Force.
3. Registrataon of Boats. In mid-January, H.to.
kinister again asked the Persian Government to postpone
any further demand for the registration of the R.I.N.
boats on the grounds that:-
(a) Both he and the Commander-in-Chief had seen
the regulations v/hieh only dealt with passenger boats
and were therefore inapplicable.
(b) Shah, at the audience he gave to the Commander-
in-Chief. (see para.21 below) laid stress on co-operation
between the two Navies.
(c) At same audience question had arisen of finding
some solution of our outstanding difficulties.
4. iii-Clii ^ l t £.,Vi s it t -hen the
Commander-in-Chief visited Hen Jam in HAWKINS early in the
month, the Leputy Governor did not call, and this omission
was mentioned to the Shah by the Commanaer-in-fChief at
Tehran. Perhaps as a result, the Clerk-in-Charge reports
that latterly he has noticed that the leputy Governor has
been very subdued and Henjam in consequence has become
rather more tranquil.
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6. A comdaliit was received recently by H.k.
kinister from tne Persian Government that in November
last, several of the inhabitants of Persian lasidu took
refuge in the British area when police came to summon
them for conscription.
7. The above has not been confirmed, while on the
other hand, in Lecember, 17 men proceeded voluntarily to
Bunder Abbas as they had teen warned they were due for
military service. Eight of these men were passed as fit
for service, and were given a few month f s grace by the
authorities, being told that they would eventually be '•%
required for service in the Persian Naw.
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