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seized a 'broom from one of the swee^,
office (which is next door to the British Consulate)
commenced to raise clouds of dust from the pavement
per s/in
v* "i 4- -i'"h
Secretary of the Soviet Consulate had come to the Municicali tv
to enquire -why the Governor-General had found it neces^y^v "to" *
sweep the pavement in frontof the British Consulate, "The" remark
went round the town with such speed that the Governor- General
had little doubt that the Director was trying to hold h m uv
to derision. The Governor-General acted with the game eneed
as he did in the Behbahani affair and had Neqabnt out in"a
few hourso
(15) The Governor-General expressed great perturbation over
one of ohe incidental results of setting up an independent^
military governorship in Abadan; in order to avoid "budget
difficulties it had been proposed to abolish the gove^norate
of Khorramshahr and net up in its place a bakhshdari mb ordinate
to the military governor of Abadan, The obvious disadvantages
of this arrangement to administration (except on the Abadan
island) have been pointed out and the Governor—General now
reports that an agreement has seen reached between the parties
interested by which the go ve mo rate of Khomamphahr wi'd remain
undisturbed and the
report to the Governor-
admin is trat ion,
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(1^) Aghai Rais-ut-Tujjar reports that Abri«homkar ana
Abri?Komk A v thQ other three merchants exiled from Khuzistan for attempted
in ^own bread supply are still s(^ 9 nding momy in
No*. ooth Ahwas and Tehran to procure permission to return* ie
^ pc ^<1oc alp0 paid that th6 failure of the" speculators' lobbying n
Tehran convinced public opinion that the British had been
i*T 66 ; 7 /p responsiole for their original expulsion and that if they were
now allowed to return the British should see that they csemselves
and not ohe recipients of the douceurs got the credit.
(18) . Pilgrims to Kerbela and Mecca are now passing through
conpide ^able numbers. The Cornraissloner of Police reports
tha. the majority are not equipped with the necessary crave!
documents and will presumably leave Iran and enter Iran surrepti
tiously. * J *
IV. Economic .
i-^he demand xor cheap bread in Ahwas shows a flight ten—
a • r,ec, ' a ^-^ c f "the return of Luri labourers at the
end of the summerand the daily consumption is about 17i tons*
ihe percentage of oarley has been increased to ZG% in •at attempt
to discourage well to do consumers; travellers report, aowever",
that the bread is still the best "government bread’-’ in :he country,,
( 20 )
The.'sugar barter scheme" continues to make xood
progress and in the ten days ending on October 23rd about 600
grain were delivered. As the result of lorries being
^tnarawn for use in other provinces and early rains (several
?? at 1 ? r iT e ^ W8re " DG Sged as a result of a thunderstorm on 25th
^ , ode transport problem i 3 becoming acute* None of the
^ nG sutside delivery centres is proof againso anything
han a light shower and there is a very serious dinger that
/considerable