Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎169r] (340/517)

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1. Ma lor (r'A. Ka^ri. M£cKa for Indian affairs, Te^ an, arri
ved fro n Tehr* n on the 9th and left for &ahid©n on the llth»
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2 . Keferenoe paragraph 454 of £ier^ ho» *M of 1944• ’r•
Tribon retumed from B a ndar Abbas on the I t. He expect* to leave
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3, Referenoe paragraph 455 of Diary Ho. 24 of 1944*
Hull retumed from Zahldan on the 11th.
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X^sian Officials
4. Mr. Rafil t the deputy for Bam, paid a visit to German on the
3rd, when he called on H,M, Consul.
5. Mr. Farzan, lead of thf* Road Department, left for Bandar
Abbas on the 4th to supervise repair work on the Kerman-Bandsr Abbas
road, which was closed by a landslide in the middle of November.
6. Mr. Arbabi, Chief of the Municipality, left Kerman for Lali-
zar on the 14th to make arran *em<3nts for the supply of ohareo&l for
Kerman town.
7. Mr. Vosue if the Assistant to the Governor-General, ic reported
to have been summoned to TehrtA It is expected that he will be
relieved by Adl-us-^altaueh.
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8. Brigadier ^ha’ri, the G.C .C. f Merman, left for Sirjan on the
2nd f«nd returned on the 7th. He then left on the 15th for Bam,
en route to Khwash end Baluchistan. He was 8ccomf‘nnied by Colonel
Owhadi and Bardar Idu Kimn # Balueh.
Security
9. Refereaco paragraph 4 above. While on his way to Bandar
Abbas, ^Tm Farzan was held up by a gang of armed robbers who, after
putting nis oar out of action so that the Gendarmerie author ities
oould not be informed, relieved him of his personal belongings and
about 5000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. of Government money.
10. ^ohamed .ukhtar, the father-in-law of the notorious bandit
1 urad-Ali- iurad, was public hanged at x>irjan on the 4th.
11. Haji ukhtar, another robber of the Buohakohi tribe, who
had been apprehended and imprisoned some months ago, wes henged
in Kerman on the 4th.
Bocal Affairs
IB On new dear's Day, H.M. Consul received oa3ls from local
officials, leading merchants and notables of the town.
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13. Owing to the existing high prices of staple commodities, the
.^frernor General is reported to be making serious efforts to lighten
jpthe burden of the poorer classes. Under the supervision <f the
^pnioi^al authorities, two tons of flour are sold to the poor daily
! a Government shop at 4.15 rials a kilo. As the price of charcoal
Jhas increased considerably, arrangements hnve been made ter supplies
-to be purchased from the outlying villages and sold to th e poor
classes at Rfaia 6.00 per 3 kilos. The sum of Rials 50,000/- is
aiid to have been raised for this purpose by subscriptions from the
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