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* Milan Marovitch, a Jugoslav holding v/hite residence
permit No. 500 and formerly employed on the Persian
Governments irrigation scheme near Bshhehan, arrived in
search of work on 9th October,
Genevic Jordan, a Jugoslav holding v/hite residence
permit No, 491, arrived on 11th October in Search of work.
Madame Assieh Isrnaili, a Russian refugee forn at
i/Ierv in 1909 and holding Persian Refugee Paper No e 91 issued
at Kcrrnanshah on 21st April 1942, arrived on 11th October to
work in the Ararat Restaurant.
Stanich Nliya, a Jugoslav holding passport No.
226/897/30 issued at Tehran on 28th May 1938, arrived cn 13th
October in search of work. He holds no residence permit and
was formerly employed on the Tabriz section of the railway.
Dr. Ibrahim Hilrni Primer, a member of the staff of the
Turkish Pmbassy in Kabul, arrived in Ahwaz on 11th October,
accompanied by his wife and child en route to Turkey.
Parvis Khan Khalili, an Afghan subject in the employ
of Poley Bros and holding passport No. 8/9202 issued at Tehran
on S^rd June 1942, arrived in Ahwaz cn 14th October.
Polidor Pores, a Greek employee cf UXCO arrived in
Ahwaz cn 9th October and requested the good offices of His
Majesty's Consulate-Genera] in securing Lhe return to Tehran
of another Greek, Jean Yelkendjoglou, formerly UKCC represen
tative in Isfahan where he was alleged to have misappropriated
$frorn UKCC funds. Yelkend jogiou returned * Kho r reuashahr where had
gone on business and is understood to have left for Tehran to
answer the charges against him
4. Local Politics
In the absence of the Governor—General and as the result
of general inactivity at the end of Ramazan, there ban been
little cf interest. With the departure cf Rais-ut-Tujjar to
Tehran (vide para 4 of Ahwaz diary for 15th-30th September)
Wt is felt locally that either the Governor-General will be
■forced to share his takings or alternatively Rais-ut-Tujjar
will get a ’'fair'' trial and be acquitted for lack of evidence.
In messages sent to his friends Rais-ut-Tuj.jar has advised
them not to be depressed and reminds them that he normally
spends at few weeks at this time in Tehran in any event.
Ramazan has been observed in a variety of ways*
Although the tea shops have theoretically remained open during
the day for the use of travellers and foreigners only ; they
have been widely, if discreetly, used by their normal clientele
during the hours of the fast. Pew of the Persian officials have
made any attempt to keep the Rcza, On 1st October; on the other
hand, a considerable section cf the poorer townspeople;
departing from the customs which prevailed even before the late
regime put an end to religious demonstrations; decided to take
out a religious procession., "he police attempted to disperse
the procession and were in danger cf being overwhelmed when
a British soldier 7/ho had been held up in the crowd fired a few
rounds into the nearest mud wall. This action dispersed the
crowd. A certain amount of resentment continued in the area and
number of cars, some of which contained British Officers
returning from the Cinema, were rather half-heartedly stoned.
The demonstration, such as it was. was not apparently directed
against the British but against *ny car that"passed.
5. Food Supplies .
The wheat situation rema
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