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,, a i C a c im l s ^ ia ^ son } e torty Arabs have been killed by the Persian forces, that
ie chiets have submitted and that 540 rifles have been collected from the Arabs.
1 ore L -if ia i e re P° r f s state that the four principal offenders among the chiefs
ai e sii at large and put the number of rifles collected at a more moderate figure.
ie punishment meted out will probably have a salutary effect on the Arabs
genera y, who may have been under the impression that the British authorities
j would restrain the Persian army from taking action.
i PV 1 s ^. a ^ emen ^ 1° ^he press the General Staff claimed that the army has
made the tollowing contributions to internal security
(i) In Pais, near lasa, the well-known bandit Jan Firuzi has been killed,
eleven of his men captured and stolen animals recovered. At Kazarun
the troops are taking action against local bandits.
(n) Near Kermanshah, brigands who recently held up U.K.C.C. lorries have
been captured, the well-known brigand, Habib Hussein of the Kalhur
tribe, has been killed.
(iii) the Bam—Kerman road the brigands 'who have recently been holdin 0,
up the road have been captured.
Russian A ffairs.
14. Newspapers known to be enjoying Russian support have recently been
advocating revolution as the only means of delivering the Persian people from the
oppression of the present ruling classes. Preparations for a red revolution, they
say, should be made now, so that when the time comes it can be directed towards
the immediate establishment of a new regime on the ruins of the old. The same
papers have also been giving some attention to the matter of further oil
concessions, for which applicants are now in Tehran. The general line taken
is that it is not sufficient to take commercial considerations only into account and*
to give concessions to the highest bidder; the political effects of giving a concession
to a foreign country should be carefully wmighed; if it w 7 ere to go to America
it was likely that Persia would find herself in political difficulties in the future.
15. Reports are again current in Azerbaijan of an increase of Soviet
armoured units on the 1 urkish frontier and of a general increase of Soviet troops
in Tabriz and elsewhere in Azerbaijan.
16. The Russians are now reported to have extended their surveys (see
Summary No. 23/44, paragraph 13) to the Gunabad district south of the Kal-i-
Shur River, which has hitherto formed the southern limit of Soviet penetration
in Khorassan.
17. The Majlis has, to the great annoyance of the Tudeh party, invalidated
the election of Pishavari. one of the Deputies forced on Tabriz by^ the Russians
(see Summary No. 18/44, paragraph 7).
18. Major-General Rossov has succeeded Lieutenant-General Yarmaskevitch
as Chief of Staff to Lieutenant-General Sovietnikov, commanding all Russian
forces in Persia.
French Affairs.
19. The Persian Government has recognised the French Committee of
National Liberation as the Provisional Government of France.