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pWHrvna’ candidates of the Democratic party at the forthcoming
p • s W1 , / Je f°p nc J to be the same Tudeh members in new guise or, as the
lan won d put it, the same donkey with a new packsaddle/ ’
Gilan and Mazanderan.
i ' le Russians nave now given permission for the Persian army to remove
e \eJncies, arms and ammunition captured from the mutineers at Gunbad-i-
t^abus. they have refused, however, to allow any escort to accompany the
ve icles. As the road is known to be infested with armed Turcomans and as the
remaining mutineers are still at large in the neighbourhood this permission is not
ot much practical value. Armed Turcomans with Tudeh armlets now patrol the
q t, 1 n ^ s f atl0ns ^ Bandar-i-Gaz and Shahi. The situation at Chalus. Sari,
Shahi and Babul is reported to be quieter as resistance to the Tudeh has ceased
and the civil administration is virtually in their hands.
Isfahan.
9. A consular report discloses an interesting situation in the district of
Fereidan where the villages are, for the most part, owned by numerous small
holders and where the chief elements are Armenians, a colony of Georgians
and two rival factions of Chahar Lang, Bakhtiaries. The Armenians are
frequently visited by a Father Joachim from the Armenian church at Julfa.
This priest is in close touch with the Soviet Consulate-General and has recently
preached an anti-conscription campaign. The Georgians, as might be expected,
are also in close touch with the Soviet Consulate-General. Murteza Quli Khan
has had some difficulty in keeping the peace in this potentially troublesome area.
A f'pointments — civil.
10.—(i) Hussain Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Nawai to be Persian Consul-General at Herat;
(ii) Hussain Ala has left to take up his post as Persian Ambassador at
Washington.
A ppointments — military.
11.—(i) Sartip Muhamamd Baquir Hushmand Afshar, General Officer
Commanding 2nd Central Division;
(ii) Sartip Fazlullah Humayuni, General Officer Commanding 10th
Khuzistan Division, to be General Officer Commanding 4th
Kurdistan Division;
(iii) Sarhang Lutfullah Afsharoglu, Commander Kazerun Brigade, to
be General Officer Commanding 10th Khuzistan Division;
(iv) Sartip Mansur Muzayyini, General Officer Commanding 2nd
Central Division, to be attached to the General Staff;
(v) Sartip Abdullah Hidayet to be placed en disponibilite.
Tehran, §th September, 1945.