File 566/1921 ‘Persia: military Attaché’s intelligence summaries’ [‎5v] (19/818)

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26. M. Shumyatski has asked permission from the Persian Government to
import 2 million tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. in silver as capital for the new Pussian bank. The Persian
Government is giving permission, provided that import duty is paid on the silver.
27. A few days before Dr. Millspaugh’s departure from Tehran, on the
1st September, a conference was held, attended by all the American advisers in
Tehran.
The following conclusions are reported by an informant, who is usually relialr ,
to have been arrived at :—
(a.) That the growing propaganda against the American advisers is the work of
dismissed Persian employees.
(b.) That if a loan cannot be raised soon for Persia, it is useless for the
American advisers to carry on with their work.
(c.) That every effort should therefore be made to raise a loan abroad within the
next six months, and failing that, an internal loan should be attempted.
28. Osep Mirzayantz, a Communist, who was M.P. for the Armenian community
m the last Majlis, visited Reza Khan a few days ago and asked that the
Armenian cavalry squadron in the army might be disbanded, because they are all
JJashnaks and opposed to Osep Mirzayantz. Reza Khan refused.
nnW fl , C T eS ° f t? Ar “® nian newspaper, named “ Eritassard Hayastan,”
published thrice weekly in Chicago, have reached Tehran. They contain articles
which are violently anti-British. A Bolshevik agent, named Egikyan, resident at
Resht, is one of the contributors. s J > colucllL dL
30. The Russian Legation commenced, on the 2nd September the publication
lsh P arTeLTaTh At e eC“k‘‘ Information, published by the
Russian telegraph Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . this sheet is printed m Russian and Persian and K
supposed to be issued daily except on holi days' It contains numerous articles which
e pure anti-British propaganda, and it is worth noting that anti-British articles
occasionany appear m the Persian text, which do not apfear in the RussTan D is
edited by M. badovski, the official in charge of the Press Bureau in the Pno •
Legation. It is issued to subscribers, at 1 toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. monthly to private' persons ’ and
3 ton f us monthly to institutes, clubs, &c. M. Shumyhski has asked
arenf S tn*- p, ; ovlno “ to sta , te the numb er of copies required for their reactive
areas. (Originals, with translations of the more virulent anti British si "
being^nt weekly to the Director of Military OpeSa^Sig^’wIf
week^a Tn^fh"^^ “ during the
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the September, 8 urSer thl^shg f ^
the Russian Legation, with whom Lesaili works in close touch ’ Sldy fr ° m
are given ?n1heTp P iSi S x.* ntlI1Ue publication of a ”ti-British articles. Examples
A star ah ad.
Government S are mlTkymmhbiZe t Turah b 1m smte^ 1 '”^^ ^ the Persian
spent for the purpose by local Soviet officials. ' P C0I1 siderable sums of money
22nd AugLtf TO^sufiii of vf^ f , Astarabad on the
Isfahan.
been appointed lkuXyK7 ( iiyyt s ythmy a e’h S0Ut f.® rn :Division - ha s
as Chief of the Staff having been taken hv v!f* f/ l. Southern Division, his place
Earman Farma. He will probablv iJS Yawa f Muhammad Hassan Mirza son ox
m the place of Sartip Basfrf d dMu y ^ gIVGn “ and « ^ Pars Brigade
* Not printed.