مجموعة ٨/٢٨ "بلاد فارس؛ اليوميات؛ سيستان وكاين، أبريل ١٩٢٧ – ١٩٣٣" [ظ‎‎١‎٦‎٨] (٤٣٤/٣٤٧)

All Foreigners will now have to obey
the Laws of Persia.
The Abolition of Capitulations is a
National Festival.
hi:
Long live the Department of Justice.
Much amusement was caused by these post
ers, which unfortunately were removed by
request of the local authorities before the
street-boys of Sistan had had time to
illuminate them appropriately. Another
i effort which has roused much mirth in mili
tary circles is that of Fuks, the Vice-Consul,
who asked the Commandant at Duzdap
whether he could accompany the Persian
troops on their campaign against Dost
Mohammed, dressed as a Persian Officer !
Other half-hearted political activities in
clude a proposal, not followed up, to start a
reading-room in Sistan with a donation of
Tomans 100 and two hundred books, and
the distribution of leaflets and posters set
ting forth the attractions of the Russian
route to Mecca.
68. Birjand .—The following Russians
(Soviet nationals) arrived in Biriand from
Meshed on 24th May, ostensibly under
orders from the Ministry of the Interior to
carry on researches into the locust
menace :—
Kousmin (No. 77 on Meshed List),
Tounikoff.
Alexandroff.
Mouris.
66. Russian Affairs .—Reference para
graph 49.
The Russian Consul has now given up the
idea of going to Duzdap for part of the hot
weather, and will stay in Sistan with his
staff. Major Kharegat, I.M.S., Vice-Con
sul and Medical Officer to His Majesty’s
Consulate, pays frequent professional visits
to the Soviet Consulate where he has been
treating the wife of the Vice-Consul, Fuks,
for dysentery. Besides paying private fees
at full rates, the Soviet Consul has actually
donated Tomans 20 to the British hospital,
a fact which has created considerable im-
pressiop. From all accounts, the Consul,
Platte, appears to be an ineffective and
colourless person, the rabid Bolshevik of
the party being Fuks.
67. Soviet Propaganda .—Judging by
their attempts at propaganda, the intellec
tual level of the Soviet Consul and his staff
is not high. According to the Brigade
Commandant, Comrade Platte sent a con
gratulatory telegram to Yavar Hussain
Khan at Duzdap on Coronation Dav in
which he indulged in abuse of the British.
On May 10th the following posters were dis
played at the gates of the Soviet Consulate,
which opens on the central square of the
town :—
A Persian named Sahibani also belongs to
the party. Kousmin and two of the othpr«
went to Neh (110 miles S. S. W. of Birjand)
on 26th May and returned on 30th
on 26th May and returned on 30th. Sh lfT
then they have been living at one of tk
Birjand garages. Their expenses are ap
parently being paid by the Persian Govern
ment, but they are doing nothing whatever
in the way of locust research, there being
in fact no locusts in this neighbourhood for
them to study. Their movements are being
watched carefully by the Superintendent of
Police who will inform His Majesty’s Con
sul of anything suspicious.
Local Affairs.
69. Nur/md—Early in the month the fol
lowing points on the southern border of the
Sarhad were occupied, under orders from
Dost Mohammed Khan, by small lashUrs
of Baluch :—
Kuh-i-Safid, 50 miles E. S. E. of Khwash ^ by Nau-
I sh rwan
Gusht, 55 miles S. E. of Khwash, J Khan.
Karvanda, 40 miles S. W. of Khwash, by Changez
Khan.
Jauri,
45 miles E. by S of Khwash, by Zaman
Khan s/o X awab Khan Bameri.
These movements caused a considerable
flutter at Khwash, and the Officer Com
manding, Yavar Hussain Khan Fatih, tele
graphed to Duzdap for reinforcements.
The Officer Commanding sent somewhat
alarmist telegrams to Tehran and Sistan
and commandeered 8 lorries, 6 of wdiich be
longed to British subjects, for the trans
port of men and guns to Khwash (see para
graph 65 above). The Brigade Command
ant came hurriedly from Sistan and motor
ed to Khwash on 15th May. He returned
to Duzdap on 23rd May and reported all
quiet. Dost Mohammed’s movements were
obviously merely a precautionary streng
thening of his frontier posts in reply to the
considerable increase in the strength of the
Persian forces in Khwash.
Conservative estimates of the various
armed letkhkars, at Dost Mohammed’s dis
posal indicate that his total strength is
somewhere in the neighbourhood of 1,600
rifles.
Separate reports have been submitted re
garding the conversations which took place
at Meshed during the last week of May
between His Majesty’s Consul, the General
Officer Commanding Eastern Army and His
Majesty’s Consul General, Meshed, on the
subject of the Sarhad situation and the
forthcoming operations against Dost
Mohammed. *
70. Sistan .—Reference paragraph 54.
Sistan has been seething with excitement
over the Elections, which were held twice
during the month and twice annulled by
order from Tehran because the right can
didate (Misbalnus-Saltana) was not elected.
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