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which might involve the Mamassani and Qashgai tribes on opposite sides and
might lead to a situation which the Persian authorities could not control. At the
same time they want to keep the Opposition simmering and they will probably
not discourage resistance by other Boir Ahmadi chiefs to Abdullah Zarghampur s
attempts to impose his authority over them. See Summary No. 33/44, paragraph 9.
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Western Azerbaijan.
5 . Following on action by the Persian authorities in ejecting Persian Herki
Kurds under the troublesome chief Zero Beg from several villages in the Daranduz
district and the establishment there of gendarmerie posts, reports were current
that Herki tribesmen from Iraq and armed followers of Mullah Mustafa had
crossed the Persian frontier and were being joined by Mamesh and Begzadeh
tribesmen. Their intention was said to be to drive the Persian authorities from
Rezaieh and to set up a Kurdish administration. A later report said that, after
negotiations between the tribes, who had concentrated in Margivar, and the
commander of the Persian gendarmerie in Rezaieh, supported by a Russian
official,, the tribes had dispersed peacefully.
Syrian Affairs.
6 . The Persian Government has recognised the Government of Syria.
Russian Affairs.
7. The Russian military party which was recently reported in Bakhtiari
—see Summary No. 30/44, paragraph 15—made enquiries as to the number of
arms in possession of the southern tribes and whether arms are reaching these
tribes from any source. From comments in the Tudeh press it seems that the
Russians believe the pact recently made between the three tribal representatives
of the south (although Qavam ul Mulk can hardly be said to represent the Khamseh
tribes nowadays) to have been engineered by the British as a defensive or perhaps
offensive measure against the Tudeh. On the other hand, the Shah has given as
reason for the recent collection of arms from certain sections of the Chahar Lang
Bakhtiari his belief that Russian agents had recently been intriguing among those
tribes.
8 . At a garden party held in Tabriz in aid of Red Army charities the sum
of 1J million rials is said to have been collected. The methods used to extort
subscriptions were the usual blackmail and threats.
Tehran, 3rd September, 1944.