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Furs.
^ ur ^her operations have taken place. General Shahbakhti is moving
some or his troops reported to be nearly 2 , 000 —from the Firuzabad area towards
j: adeh and the Qashgai summer quarters, where the greater part of the tribes
n f'xr 1S ’ \ ^ e . ^ ec ^ arec ^ intention of collecting their arms. The whereabouts
ot ^asir Qashgar is not known, nor is there any information to show that General
^^gnahltakhti is taking any steps to hunt him down. There has been no interference
luring the week with British or Russian traffic on the road.
Bakhtiari.
15. Morteza Quli Khan (see Summary No. 22 / 43 , paragraph 9 ) has left
iehran to take up his appointment as Governor of Bakhtiari.
British Affairs.
16. Valuable assistance has been given by both Paiforce and the Government
of India in the campaign against locusts that has been in progress for the past
eighteen months. In addition to providing transport for the party of experts
from India who operated successfully in Khuzestan in the spring of 1942, Paiforce
provided a regiment of mechanised" cavalry for control measures in Khuzestan.
During this year operations have been confined mainly to Persian Baluchistan
and East Persia. Very valuable work was done by a company of mobile Indian
infantry in the Bam-Kerman area, and the Government of India has now agreed
to send a second company for work in the Birjand area. R.A.F. aircraft have
also assisted in the control and destruction of locusts.
17. The Anglo-Iranian Institute of the British Council has been formally
opened. It has been informally open for some weeks, has already proved itself
a great success, and appears likely to make a valuable contribution to the
improvement of Anglo-Persian relations. The demand to learn English far
exceeds the teaching capacity of the staff.
Russian Affairs.
18. It is reliably reported that the Russians have now placed garrisons in
Mahabad (Sauj Bulagh) and Bokan, on the road between Mahabad and Saqqiz.
Both these places are well south of the line that defines the southern limits of the
Russian zone, but the Tripartite Treaty does not limit Russian troops to that zone.
The Russians should, however, inform His Majesty’s Legation of movements of
troops outside the zone originally laid down, and their explanation is awaited.
Polish Affairs.
19. The number
17th June was :—
of civilian
Polish refugees still
in Persia
Men.
Women.
Children.
Total.
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In Tehran
In Isfahan
In Ahwaz
1,457
73
6,304
538
2,872
1,384
10,633
1,995
2,873
1,530
6,842
4,256
15,501
Tehran, 28th June, 1943.