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[E 8305/268/34] Copy No. 92
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received December 16.)
(No. 189.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 27 for the period the 11 th to
18th November, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
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Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 27 for the 'period 1
November 11-18, 1941.
Persian Affairs.
(Secret.)
THE Shah opened the new session of the Majlis on the 13th November. In
his speech he said that events demanded that they should maintain good relations
with friendly countries, and particularly that they should collaborate closely with
those whose interests were bound up with their own.
2 . Certain interests were hard at work for the week previous to the opening
of Parliament in endeavours to work up a demonstration against the Parliament
and against the Anglo-Russian-Persian Treaty. This was frustrated by the
police, but a section of the crowd on the Shah’s return to his palace mobbed his
car with shouts of “ Long live Hitler! ” and “ Down with the Russians and
British ! ” There is a certain amount of popular objection to the Deputies of the
new Parliament on the grounds that the “elections ” took place under the old
regime, and that consequently the Deputies are not representatives of the people,
but nominees of the late Shah.
3. The treaty still remains unsigned. The Government would have resigned
rather than sign it in its original form, and it is extremely improbable that any
other Government could have been found to take office in those conditions.
Certain modifications in the text are now under negotiation. Effective denuncia
tions by the Berlin radio of the treaty and the Persian Government have increased
agitation against it and stiffened opposition. It is unquestionably very unpopular.
4. If there has not been, on the whole, an improvement in security, there
have been fewer reports of disturbances and brigandage. But shortage of wheat
j and sugar and high prices remain a cause of great discontent,
5. Conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road looked like improving when a
rather serious robbery occurred near Kazarun, a party of engineers and
contractors investigating the road being held up and deprived of nearly every
thing removable, including their clothes. Various reports have been received
about the situation in Fars and the attitude of Naser Khan (see Intelligence
Summary No. 26 , paragraph 15) and the Qashgai. Generally, they are to the
effect that Naser Khan is, as was previously reported, giving no encouragement
to lawlessness and that the tribe, as a whole, shows at present little disposition
to take advantage of the weakness of the Persian Administration. It is
considered that they have not more than 1,000 rifles, but there may be another
1,000 scattered about Fars exclusive of the coastal belt.
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