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a>±i^pt its extrication but it is unlikely that the Russians and Kurds will allow
thit> force to pass Bukan.
KpnRBTT,. No news and it is feared that the garrison will disintegrate.
MARAGHSH. No news of this company. The •A. 1.0. C. manager there has been
murdered. v
Other tro op mov ements outsi de Azerb aijan.
A Persian battalion is being sent via Qum, Arak (Sultanabad),. ana
Malayir to Kamadan which is an important source of supplies for the capita.1
and which has no garrison. It could also deal with any rebel infiltration
into that area southwards from Bukan and Shahin Dej via Bijar.
The Persian column of two battalions and a company of gendarmes
which had been at Sharifabad near Qazvin ever since the beginning of the crisis
has returned to Tehran. Once the Government control of Azerbaijan had
ceased and as long as the Russians refused to allow troops to enter Azerbaijai 1
it served no useful purpose.
KURDISTAN.
15 . it will be recalled that Hama Rashid, after sacking Baneh, fled into
Iraq and gave himself up to the Iraqi authorities in November 1944- Negotiations
for his extradition broke down and the Government of Iraq would only agree to an.
enforced residence for Hsma Rashid at Kirkuk. The Persian General Staff now clo.im
to have received information that Hama Rashid has been allowed to leave or has
escaped from Kirkuk and has arrived at Penjwin on the Perso-Iraqi border. They foar
that his presence there may endanger the recent and precarious peace secured m
this area"by the surrender to the Persian forces of Mahmud Khan Kanisenam, by the
death of Mahmud Khan Dizli and by the flight and surrender to the Iraqi authorities
of Hasan Khan Rezabi.
KHORASAN.
16. ' Khorasan is still without its governor-general and Meshed its governor.
Theie have been further arrivals of Tudeh leaders from Tehran. ”1 uhajirs 0
Caucasian origin have been seen in Nishapur and Sabzewar. Villagers m the Sarrakhs
area and in the Turcoman Sahra have refused to render their share of gram to the
landlords. A Russian loudspeaker installed in Meshed announces the independence o
Azerbaijan and calls upon all Azerbaijanis to return to their province. Kishawarz
the Tudeh leader, has arrived in Meshed by a Soviet plane and has left for xashkent
to attend the celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the university.
PARS.
17. The C.G.S. informed the B.K.A. on 15th December that^ the Persian &° v ^n-
ment had proclaimed “a general amnesty for the Tribes of Pars" ana .' c ^ n
Oashgai and other tribal leaders had telegraphed their warm appreciation of this
generous gesture. No confirmation of this news lias so far appeared m the press.
With their hands full in the North and one eye cocked on the + South as a possible ^
bolt hole it is difficult to see what other "gesture" the Persian Government coula
hav! ^de’at timo? It is too much to hope that the tribal leaders of Pars
will*detect the Persian Govt’s motives behind this gesture but there is a reasonc-bD
hope that they will refrain from blackmailing the government m its present plight.
-Appointments.
18. (i) Nasr Quli Itimadi (Nasr-ud-Dotfleh) (F. 0.101} has been appointed
Governor-General of the 9th Ust an Khorasan); , /f . N
* fail to