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(y) the evacuation of Tehran by Soviet troops by which the Tudeh realise
that Russian armed assistance will be no longer available to save them
from the consequences of their acts of hooliganism.
Internal Security.
A zerbaijan.
5. Increased activity is being shown by the newly-formed Democratic party
(see Intelligence Summary No. 35, paragraph 7) and by the Russians in giving open
support to it. It has revealed its true colours and origin by its insistence on
provincial autonomy for Azerbaijan. Nobody is likely to be deceived by this
and everybody will realise that from provincial autonomy through separation
from Persia to inclusion in the U.S.S.R. is but a short step. The Azerbaijan
fudeh party has announced the severance of ties with the central Tudeh party
in Tehran and of its adherence to the Azerbaijan Democratic party.
Isfahan and Kuhigalu.
6. The General Officer Commanding, Isfahan Division, has despatched an
infantry battalion to Fereidan to assist in disarming some of the Chahar Lano-
Bakhtiari khans. °
^: General Humayuni, who has recently relinquished the command of the
Khuzistan Division on being appointed to Kurdistan, gives a version differino 1
widely from that of Murteza Quli Khan on the recent raids by Bahmai and
eyy 1 tribesmen on Murteza Quli Khan’s domains near Deh Diz (see Intelligence
{Summary ISjO. 34, paragraph 5). The general states that the raiders did not
^t^u 3 ^ 0 , 111 ? nmh , eT and that Murteza Quli Khan’s own bakshdar at Izeh, one
All Khahh, though supplied with 150 rifles by the State to maintain order
made no attempt to do so nor in fact reported the raid to any Government
authority.
Kurdistan.
8. A delicate situation is likely to arise if the General Officer Commandin°\
Kurdistan Division, carries out the orders recently given him by the Chief of the
lieneiai Stan. The latter, anxious to achieve a decisive victory and conclude
these operations before winter sets in or other commitments arise, and impatient
at the lack of success by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in securing Iraqi co
operation in dosing the frontier to Kurds attempting to flee before the advancing
Persian army columns, has ordered the General Officer Commanding to pursue
the Kurds if necessary across the frontier and continue his disarmament
operations inside Iraqi territory.
Persian army.
9. A short summary of a communique on the recent events in Khorasan and
rhliflrA ‘r- he P^fan army which was given to the Persian press by the
Chief of the General Staff is published as Appendix B to this summary. '
A py ointments.
10. (i) Muhammad Namazi, a well-known business man and brother-in-law
ol General Muhammad Hussein Murza Firuz, has been appointed
at u Slan Trade Commissioner in the United States;
(n) Muhammad Muazzimi Gudarzi to be 2nd Secretary at Washington •
(m) Abul Qasim Pannahi to be consul in New York; '
(iv) Ghulam Abbas Aram from 2nd Seeretarv, Berne, to be 1st Secretary
at Washington; ^ J
(y) Dr. Parviz Mahdavi to be vice-consul, New York;
( v !) Ghulam Abbas Quli Khalatbari to be 2nd Secretary at Berne -
(yii) Ah Asghar Shukuh to be 2nd Secretary at Beirut;
(vm) Muhammad Hussein Najm to be Chief of the Personnel Department
m the Ministry for Foreign Affairs;
(ix) Drs. Sang and Abbas Nafisi to be Persian Government delegates from
the Red Lion and Sun Society at the forthcoming International
Red Cross Congress $t Geneva;
(x) Engineer Habib Nafisi has been appointed chairman of the committee
which is to represent Persia at the International Labour Conference
which is to be held in Paris next month and Shahab Khusruvani is to
represent factory An East India Company trading post. owners. Representatives for the northern and