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(ii) Average oil supplies for 1939 supplied by the A.I.O.C. at Ahwaz to
the State Railways are as follows :—
Fuel Oil. —3 million litres a month (1,080 l. = l ton).
Gas Oil. —90,000 litres a month (1,050 l. = l ton).
Grease. —Small quantities. ^
It is significant that in the four months July to October of this year 4, 5,
6 and 7 million litres of fuel oil have been supplied in that order. It is thought
that this increase may be seasonal, but on the other hand it may not.
Fifty metric tons of lubricating oil have recently been asked for.
6. British Interests.
Syed Alif Shah, a British Indian subject and a resident in Tehran for the
past fifteen years, was summoned to the Passport Section of the Imperial Police
Department on the 4th November and ordered to leave the country within ten
days, otherwise he would be arrested and compulsorily expelled. No reason was
given for this action, but it is considered most likely'that Sahib Singh, the rich
Sikh merchant of Tehran, who is not on good terms with Syed Alif Shah is the
root cause of this expulsion order. At the beginning of the war Syed Alif Shah
had loyally offered his services m any capacity to His Majesty’s'Legation and
had been given casual employment as a translator. He also came regularly to
the legation to collect English newspapers, &c., as material by which to counteract
any anti-British propaganda with which he might meet. It is believed that the
police whose close watch on the legation is singularly unfruitful, made enquiries
about byed AM Shah m the Indian community and easily found Sikhs to sav that
q Spy - The le " ation have secured five da 7 s ’ grace, during which
byed AM bhah is to present a petition to the Ministry of the Interior.
7. French Interests.
Vir>hI he h FrenC K Consulate BI euzet), presumably acting on instructions from
haVG ,^ n warnm g tj 16 French colony against listening-in to the
tendancieux British news broadcast in French. On the other hand, the
military attache, who was completely Vichy-minded for the first two or three
months after the armistice, seems to be becoming much better disposed toward
the Bi itish and openly hopeful of a British victory.
8. Soviet Interests.
Berli^ Extreme uneasiness prevails throughout Iran over Molotov’s visit to
Sovi e ( tTur“n med reP ° rtS S ° Vlet t, '° 0pS are ^ concentrated in
9. German Interests.
(i) The German Minister (Herr Ettel), accompanied by some of his staff was
present at the official taking-over ceremony of the dredger Mazanderan ’(vide
30th OcftoberHe,T ry i'tVl 22 . (curre . nt )' A PPendix) at Bandar Pahlevi on the
of Naushahr h ‘ S '' ' n ' 10Urney to Tehran ^pected the Port
T? 0 inh n) n erman c 0< m . ll , 1 l ta y age to arrive in small numbers from the
Re ch. It ih confirmed that some of them are officers. Two recent arrivals are
Austrian officers who are known to have been on active service in Poland and
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(in) The Nazi party have intensified their activities among the colonv
According to the winter programme, compulsory physical training classes are
held in a special building in Tehran every Wednesday and Friday g Eauftation
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