Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎118r] (236/669)

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, 15th to 51 Bt AURUst 1945
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I. Movements of British Officials.
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d) Kis Majesty’s Consul-General toured Khurramahad,
3 / ^JBurujird, Azna, Dorud and Al-i-Godarz during the period under
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(2) Mr*o Go Davies, British Pro-Consul Basra arrived from
Abadan by plane on 22nd Aug’u^t and left by train for Tehfb.n on
the same evening, ^ S/}o
(3) Colonel Robert, Liaison Officer with the Persian
southern Command, arrived in company with General JaLahban 1
at Do Gumb-idan on 28th August, spent the night at Behbahan, and
arrived in Ahwaz on the following day. He flew to Abadan «n
30th August and returned to Shiraz on the following-day 0
(^) 3apt, J. Bowen, of Public Relations Bureau, Tehran ,
arrived in Ahwaz on 30th August and left for Khorrarnshahr on the
following lay.
II. M ovemen ts of Persian Officials »
(5) Cclonel Humayuni, Officer Commanding the .Khuzi^tan
Division, retunned to Ahwaz on 17th August.
( 6 ) Lieut. Col. Alborz, Commissioner of Police in
Khuzistan, visited Rhushtar on 18th August to enquire into
alleged disturbances connected with the election committees-.
(7) Aghai ^ani’ee, Director of Finance in Ustan VI,
returned from Tehran on 22nd August,
( 8 ) ••£ Gei .eral Jehanb^ni, Officer Commanding the Persian
Southern Command, visited Khuzistan.(see para 3 above).
(3)
August,
The Governor General returned from Tehran on 31st
(10) The Commissioner of Police left frs for Tehran 021
leave ®n 31»t August.
III. Econom ic.
(11) With reference to para 15 of the last Ahwa:. diary, the
Finance Department has so far made no move to take over control
of the town bakeries from the Municipality, Some complaints have
been heard about short weight, but the quality of the oread
remains unchanged and there is no congestion in the b?oad shops
in Ahwaz town.
(12) The following statement shows the position .In regard to
deliveries of grain at the end of Mordad (23rdAugust):-
Undertakings
Deliveries.
Ahwaz area
2,800 tons
1,000
tong
Dizful
2,880 '»
2,100
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Shushtar
1,500 u
1,200
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Ram Hormuz
1,300 "
1,250
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Da sh t~i-Mishan
500 "
150
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Hindijan and)
2,000 ,r '
2,900
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Jerrahi ;
Shadigan
250 "
320
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Behbehan
1,600 "
1,300
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Hamidiyeh
600 “
580
tt
kECO,In all the areas with landlords' estates except Dizful the