Coll 28/10(2) ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed Consular June 1940; Khorassan Political; Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ [‎98r] (195/1297)

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L D I A B Y No.13
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%T3~, 'Ref V par a 188. Lieut.-Colonel LrB.Smitn, H*M # s Gonsul-
Oeneral for Khorasan returned to Meshed on the 14th October*
He left •!) Oatoher 27th on t«ur in tjao Bujnura district*
214 * Li eut*~ 0® 1 on el j5h r 16 s c ue j Cl • B • jh # (South) Quetta? axuiv-f.
at M-sheu on 18th October from Zahidan and returned on Uotou-er
20 th.
215. Ref.para 191. Major Na<ivi returned to Mashed on the
15th ffom Zahidan and left for Tehran on the 21st Ootoher*
2T6t MT .BTSntTan, King *3 Messenger, arrived at Meshed on the 7 th
and returned to Tehran on the 8th October^ He arrived
again on the 21st ar d returned on the 22nd.
SOVILT -ABFAIBS*
2Yy♦ M.ifbraiib'v, Soviet Gonsul-O^n ral, returned froin T^hra:
on 18th October. He do^s not appear to he in very bOod form
and on the 19th October at the Club is reported to have
complained to Colonel Vossuq becaus.- Persians soldiers insisted
•n escorting him from Shah Taqi to Meshed. 'The Colonel
informed him that they were only obeying their orders to escort
all traffic to and from Meshed aft«r sunset owing to insecurity
on the road. Abramov, however-, would not accept this explana
tion and said that Yossuq has done this on purpose* There is
littl'- doubt that Abramov is doing his best to find fault with
Yossu^ and i£ possibly get him transferred from Meshed. The
Colon-1 is quite aware of this*
218. A report from Birjana states that a party of five
Bussian oivilia?^s arrived there on 24th September and left
for Zabul on the 25th* Another party of 5 Bosnians military
officers arrived on the 12th October and 1-ft for Zabul the
same day*
GHIF3SL AFBAXBS >
219'. J ’ ‘ a ree'epfion was held at the Chinese Consulate on the
10th October in oehebration of the 34th anniversary of tho
Chinese Republic.
POLITICAL PARTIES.
220. ' ’ The Tuddh Party has d70idea to open night schools in
Meshed for poor students of the 1st to #th standards. Members
of a Tudeh theatrical party hav. : been giving shows in far naan,
Turbat-i~Shaikh-Jam, Kuohaii, Shirvan, aiid Bujnura.
221. Since the closure of the central headquarters of the
Tudeh Party in Tehran by the Persian Government some of the
Tehran members of th.- Party have arrived in Meshed. It is
said that arrangements hre being made to try ana open the
central offices of the Party at Meshed.
222. Tudeh newspapers are being sent to and from Tehran
by th-. Soviet aeroplane through the agatioy of ^gha Buhani,
head clerk in the farmaudari.
223. The spe-eohns at the Tudeh party meeting on 26th October
were mostly directed against the British who were accused
among other things (a) of making plans to take over the whole
of Persia and (b) of using Dominion troopsto fight their wars-
It was also suggested that th. British had asked for instruct
ions to be issued to tii. 1 Persian Police to arrest Tudeh
members. The audience were told that there was no such thing
as an atomic bomb. This was merely British propaganda to
try and frighten the rest of the world.
£24* Tlie Tudeh Party isbringing pressure to bear on former
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