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The situation in the Jowanrudi - Paveh area, as described
in the May renort, remained tense but <p»iet -- largely owing
the restraint of the pro-British chiefs in Payeh, in 8 ?^ 8
their treatment at the hands of the Persian military authorities.
When H^M? Consul and the Political Adviser visited the disturbed
areas towards the end of June, they found a .ersian captain
en«ri, eed there in spite of their former protests against sucn
an impro er aopoifitmeut, and in s >ito of Colonel Davalou* s promise
ten days earlier to withdraw him. He was soon withdrawn, and
shortly afterwards Colonel Davalou was recalled from this area.
k. The rece it attitude and behaviour of th« Persian
mi tor*v in Vi. Iran have given more and more grounds ror
nisgtving: They are soft and intriguing with turbulent tribes
li e t e Kalkhani, Jowanruai and Sinjabi, bui haxsh to pniet
tribes or settled chieftains in quiet areas, especially if
the latter are thought to be friendly to the British. ns
tlreadv reoorted, ersian military ofiicers ma e it then
business to spread anti-British feeling among the various
tribes, and their latest policy is to tell them not to hand
ov.r ^rain this year to their Government as ordered, oecause
the British intend to confiscate it. Constant reports
indicate that these military circlea(,with whom one may
associate the gendarmerie ofiicers for Jome ■'uraosesjdonot
wish for oeace and quiet among the tribes and sub-tribes,
oecause it lessens their chances of intriguing with and taking
bribes and gifts from contending sides, and doubtless a s
because we frankly show that we want peace and quiet -in
Kurdistan.
3 . one thing was clear from H. A. Coneul* a and the
Political Adviser's visit to Kurdistan: among all the trice.
tH-rv is indescribable bitterness against the Persian officials,
! particularly 6 the Military and police, and a fi™ ^termination,
t whatever the cost, aeath or banishment, not to have
back in the tribal areas under the same conditions as before^
vears of cruelty, extortion, impriaomnant leau^i .
for no mown crime, defilement 01 their womenfold, ^^xon
of their floc ks, their cultivation and their 9 ,
bv two years of virtual independence during «hxoh they have
bflrt um^le oq )ortunity of seeing the cowardice and utter in-
capacity 6 > or^proper government of their former oppressor., are
enough to account for all this. They ask for the sam.
and possessions robbed from them any wee * dsYid
are intriguing or preparing to ^ot ana rob the land, and^
jossessioiis of somebouy else. Either they wi tl
exterminated from the map (the Turkish solution) .i
aeal under British auspices ( the Iraqi solution). 10 alio-.
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