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the current year at approximately 4,000 million rials, and that he could not
consider allotting to the three security forces more than 40 per cent, of the total
revenue—between 1,500 and 1,600 million rials. He left it to the Government to
decide how the amount should be distributed between the three forces. The
budget for the army amounts to over 1,500 million rials for 90,000 men, of the
gendarmerie to 600 million rials for 28,000 men, and of the police for 10,000 men
to 300 million rials. Dr. Millspaugh suggested that they should each ha\^^
approximately the amount allotted last year, that is 1,000 million for the arndli^
300 million for the gendarmerie and 200 million for the police. This would entail
the reduction of the army to 60,000 men and of the gendarmerie to 14,000 men.
6 . The Persian Government has been informed that fifteen Anson aircraft,
which are being provided by His Majesty’s Government in replacement of Mohawk
aircraft taken over by the Royal Air Force in 1941, will shortly be available in
Mideast for delivery to the Persian Air Force. Three Dominie aircraft will also
shortly be delivered for the Persian Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs.
A pjioin t m ents—M Hi tary.
7. A rmy —
(i) Sarhang Khodadad to command the 8 th (Khorassan) Division.
(ii) Sarhang Mir Aslani to command the Mechanised Brigade.
(iii) Sartip Muhsin Diba to be Director of Artillery.
(iv) Sartip Alai to be an Inspector in the Ministry of War.
(v) Sarhang Dadvar to be Chief of the Army Finance Department.
(vi) Sarhang Taryan to be Assistant Chief of the Army Finance Depart
ment.
Gendarmerie —
(vii) Sartip Mahmoud Khosrow Pahah to be Chief of the Gendarmerie,
vice Sartip Setvavi, resigned.
Internal Security.
Kerman.
8 . When in October last (see Summary No. 13, 1944, paragraph 11 )
operations against the Buchakchi tribe of the Sirjan district resulted in the
surrender of old Hussein Khan and later of his son, Akbar Khan Shiyapur, the
other Buchakchi brigand, Murad Ali Murad, remained at large with a band of
followers. Operations are now being carried out by two battalions of the
7th (Kerman) Division to round these up.
Fars.
9. A small operation was successfully carried out against the Khans of
Liravi (north of Bushire on the Gulf Coast) for the purpose of obliging these
khans to surrender grain they had undertaken to supply—see Summary No. 20,
1944, paragraph 12. A column, 180 strong, from Shiraz occupied Hisar (half
way between Ganaveh and Bandar Dilam), whereupon the principal Liravi Khan,
Muhammad Ali, fled. The grain is being transported to Bushire and the column
is being withdrawn.
Bakhtiari.
10 . A number of Bakhtiaris gathered in the village of Buldaji for the
alleged purpose of making a concerted complaint against Morteza Quli Khan,
the Governor of Bakhtiari. There is little doubt that they were instigated by the
other senior khans, who are working up opposition to Morteza Quli—see Summary
No. 21, 1944, paragraph 11 —and it was suspected that the real purpose of the
gathering was to organise restistance. Consequently, a battalion of troops from
Isfahan rounded up the village. The dissident khans, who included some of the
minor khans who had supported Abul Qasim in his brief career as a rebel,
surrendered without opposition and were taken to Isfahan. Some thirty rifles
were recovered, of which fifteen were Brno rifles which had been captured from
Government forces.
11. It is intended shortly to initiate operations for the disarmament of
certain sections of the Chahar Lang Memivand Bakhtiari in the area north-west
of Faridan, including the Fuladvand, the Zillaki, the Hividi, who are believed
to have been responsible for the murder of Mr. Harris—see Summary No. 32, 1942,
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