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INTERNAL SECURITY,
4« It is reported from ArdebII that a
irtio have alwaya prided themaelvea on their
Eastern Azarbal.lan
Hie Majesty^ prestige ha» greatly suffered^ fr^i, hie apparent
impotence to prevent ti^e arreet and detention-by jtflif! dRusai tna of
an ijapoi*tant Shahsavan chief, Amir Are lan
I>ara# 6 #
Kn^dLstan*
‘Bie Persian General Staff has decided to send a column to
Dlzli, Avroman, Merivan and Rezab* The scope of the operation is
not known# It ia understood to be to collect unauthorized arias,
to show the Persian flag and to settle some local disputes# In
Rezab a certain HAaaan Khan has recently unlawfully seized certain
villages# In Marivan the behaviour of Mahmud Kanisanani has not
been satisfactory# The occupation of Baneh and Eardasht in
Becen&ar 1944 does not seem to have been followed by any excessive
oppression by the Persian troops# E#M # Vice-Consul at Kenaanshah
recently visited both villages and his report shows that economic
conditions have improved and that something ha» been done to
reconstruct Baneh, destroyed by Hama" Rashid#
6# la Northern Kurdistan, from Mababad to Khoi, vague reports
indicate a general deterioration of the situation as regards the
attitude of the Kurds towards the Persian Government# In Mahabad
the British Public Relations Cinema van recently met with a
hostile reception from some Kurdish hooligans#
7# Some alarm was caused by the return to Khuzaatan of a
Bani Turuf Sheikh, Tunas Asi, who last November during the oper
ations for the disarmament of the Arabs refused to surrender his
arms and took refuge with some of his followers in Iraq, where,
it is b©j.ieved, he was ordered to live in Aaareh# On his return
he was Joined by some other Sfcoikha and together they attacked
some Arab villages near Bus tan, burnt houses and carried off
cattle# They were, however, in their turn attacked by loyal
Sheikhs* Eighteen of the insurgents were captured and are to
be tried by military court# Tunas Asi has disappeared. It la
ac well that this minor outbreak has been suppressed since some
P ora Ians would be ready to believe that the return of a rebel
Arab chief from Iraq is somehow connected with the design, of
which the Russian inspired Persian Press frequently accuses the
British, of forming an independent Arab province in Khuzestan
as part of the Arab federation#
Baluchistan.
3# Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Idu Khan Reki, who is suspected of bavin- been
implicated in the murder of the electioneering agent of the
opponent in the last elections of his son, has been deported
from Ivhwash to Kerman#
RUSE IAK AELAXRS.
9# Reports from Tehran, Meshod, Birjand, Ramadan, Kermanshah,
Senandaj aid other places in Southern Kurdistan speak of a
general increase in Tudeb propaganda and activities# In the towns
the Tudeh have been successful in infiltrating their Influence
into the police - a necessary preliminary to secure freadorn for
subversive and provocative activities#
19# In the anti-locust campaign on the Moghan steppe North
of Ardebll the Hue*ians are assisting the Persian authorities
with eight experts, eight aircraft and fortyeight lorries#