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Jhere were several attempts to organise derrjonst rat ions, in which those
who had lost their jobs were to parade through tfye s^reet^ with their
starving wives and children, but these wer^.,pxasliponei and; finally
abandoned altogether. There were meetings of high PersT&n officials
to decide what measures should be taken if these demonstrations did
take place but neither the Acting Governor-General, Aqa JEHANSHAHI,
nor the Chief of Police, Cot. *iSEFI, was prepared to do anything at all
The O.C. Troops Col. BAYANLOR, however, showed firmness and declared
himself ready to take any action that might be necessary.
13. it is reported that there was a meeting of the Tudeh Party
in the house of SkYID ABBAS TABATABAI on June 27th. The Editor of the
newspaper BISITUN, Aqa MEHDI FRaHPUR was elected liaison agent between
Kermanshafci and Tehran, and SEYID MUHAMMAD KAZAZI was relieved of his
post as Secretary to the Party. No new secretary was appointed.
14. The BISITUN newspaper, local organ of the Tudeh Party,
published a series of attacks on the K.P.C., on the Assistant Manager
(Aqa MONTASSER) and on the Labour Manager (Aqa MUSTOUFI) with the
usual theme of foreign exploitation of the Iranian workers.
15. The Tudeh party opened a branch at QASR-I-SHIRIN on the 20th
June under the leadership of FRAJ TAHERI: its first meeting was held
on the 22nd. After the meeting, an employee of the Finance Dept, was
attacked and severely beaten in connection with the failure to issue
Government sugar rations for the last seven months. On June 29th,
there was a further clash when the Tudeh Party brought in a load of
ice to sell to the inhabitants at a cheap price. There was a sharp
reaction from the vested interests involved, the lorry load of ice
was looted and the persons sealing it were attacked and wounded. The
Police were unable to stop.the.riot but made a few arrests (c.f. para
5 above).
16. St SANNANDAJ Lt. BAHRAMI, who arrived recently to take charge
of the Army wireless station there was suspected ol being a Communist
agent. His effects were searched in the presence of the Public
Prosecutor and.documents were found proving that he was a Communist
agent. He has since been imprisoned pending receipt of instructions
from Tehran.
Lt* BAHRAMI’s uncle is Director of Posts and Telegraphs at
Hamadan, his father holds the same post at QAZVIN, and he was in the
habit of speaking to them for an hour or more every night. T#eir
removal has also been recommended.
17. The Sannandaj Branch of the EDALAT party receive^ a banner
from the former head of the local branch, Aqa SaTVaT, which was
presented to the new head u-iqa HA8HIM MU'TAMIL VAZIRI, at a public
ceremony on June 17th. Some speeches were made but there were no
incidents.
18. Anti-SEYID ZIA* notices printed in Tehran were posted in
Sfcnnandaj in June. These attracted much attention and caused consi
derable comment.
TRIBAL:
19. in the SINJABI tribe things are not going well. The present
Bakhshdar, KERIM KHAN BARKHURDARK, is. getting himself a bad name for
©portion and malpractices*. He was practically penniless when appoint*
crcL to the post: now he is said to possess 11,000 sheep and millions
of Rials in cash. The previous Bakhshdar, ASGHAR KHAN SENJABI, former
ly exiled, has now returned to Kermanshah and although he has given
guarantees not to take any part in tribal or political affairs he is
known to be intriguing heavily against KERIM KHAN. He is also accused
of being a Tudeh sympathiser but this is less certain. The result of
these intrigues can only be trouble. The Acting Governor-General
and the former Political Adviser (Col. PITT) had agreed before the
latter’s departure for England that Kerim Khan should be removed
but the question of finding a successor (other than Asghar Khan£
who is inaccettal&le) has so far been insoluble. The 0.0. Troops
Kermanshah suggests leaving the tribe without a Bakhshdar, making
the Kedkhuda of each ,r Tireh M directly responsible for its behaviour,
but it is prettty certain that this would only lead to confusion and