Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎22r] (44/517)

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^ ome lorries were held up and looted on the Bandar Ahbas
road between the posts of Ginau and Sarzeh. Two consrlpts
travelling in one of theio lost their rifles and aminunition.
ihe gftMg is ^aid to he headed by Mustafa Lashkari formerly
a broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. in Baddar Abbas.
Halations between the Assyrian contractors now
working on the desert section of the Kerman-Zahidan road
and the local Gendarmerie have at times been strained
almost to ' ! r> j ai-cing point.^ and there have been several
incidents 1 which have only been settled by the intervention
of the A.L.u. who has acted as lidson Officer between the
British hngtieers and the local authorities.. This
Consulate has now secured the transfer of the Chief of the
Gendarmerie at Bam Barman Hus aini a notoriously
corrupt and non-cooperative officer and it is hoped that
relations on this section of the road will improve.
Ilconomin CrmrHtinng,
Reference N 0 . 19 paras 10 and 11.
At the end of the third week in October the Economic
department had 150 tons of v/heat in stock. Thanks to the
t* 16 Ohief of the Municipality every quarter
^uhallaj has now its own Govt, bakery, and the rush on
the central bakery has been eased. '
The general public is much disturbed by the rise in
prices *‘hich has taken place within the last week .Rice
for example has risen from Rials 24 to Rials 40 per maund,
ghee from Rials 95 to 130, meat from Rials f4 to Rials28 etc/
Unfriendly critics are Spreading stories that the rises are
due to purchases by the Allied Governments, but most peonle
can hardly be convinced by these attempts to cover
profiteering.
Reference No. 19 para 13.
The detailed scheme for poor relief has been approved *
by the Central Committee of the Anclo-Iranian Relief and
Reconstruction Fund, and will be put into effect irnmedlately.
Unfortunately the rise in prices referred to above may upset
our calculations and reduce the number of those who can be \
fed.
230 tons of seed wheat from India were unloaded at
Bandar Ahbas on October 15th. A s a result of continual
pressure by the C.L.O.- the local Agricultural Department has
been induced to apply to Tehran for sanction to move it by
motor transport to the areas where it is required. Otherwise
it will arrive too late for the sowing. Until pressed by
thir Consulate the Agridultural Department had done nothing
and had proposed to move it by camel.
From Bandar Abbas it is reported that the bread supplied
to the people is bad and the position precarious. The
American Red Cross officials referred to in para 4(v) above
reported that there were signs of acute distress in
Bandar Abbas.
Local ApgpiT»<?-
A morning reception was held by the Acting Ustsndar on
the occasion of the Birthday of H.M. the Shah, and in the
afternoon there were sports and gymnastic displays.