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BUSHIRE CONSULATE^G ENER AL D.TARY NO.7
FROM 1ST TO 15TH APRIL, 1945.
MOVEMENTS .
t. . , The Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey Prior K.C.I.E.,
Resident, Persian Gulf, returned frotn Kuwait
and Khorramshahr by A.I.O.C. plane on April 2nd.
148. H.E. Sir Reader Bullard, His Majesty's
Ambassador, visited Bushire by A.I.O.C. plane on 11th
Ti? r ^D ^ 0 .f-^ w 2 z en rou ^ e Tehran on April 13th.
he olitical Resident and th6 Governor of Bushire Dr
Hisabi, were present to greet the Ambassador on his
^ ® Us ^ L ^ r ’ e aerodrome. A Persian military guard
of honour was m attendance and the new Officer Commanding,
Bushire Garrison, Sargurd Arasteh, was also present.
Rev. St. Clair Tisdall C.M.S. arrived from
Shrraz oh 5th April and after holding services in the
Church of the Epiphany returned to Shiraz on April 12th.
150. Lt. Bijai Singh with 12 Indian Other Ranks
arrived at Bushire from Gach Saran on 5th April. The
party came as an escort to General Sir Arthur Smith,
General Officer Commanding, Paiforce.
Two R-A.F. air-sea rescue launches with four
R.A.i*. officers called at Bushire on 14th April en route
to Bahrain. They left for Bahrain on 15th April after
refuelling.
. General Sir Arthur Smith, General Officer
Commanding, Paiforce, arrived at Bushire by R.A.F. plane
on the afternoon of 14th April. He was met at the
aerodrome by H.M.Consul and two Persian colonels of the
Army and Gendarmerie sent to meet him by General Firuz.
A military and Gendarmerie guard of honour of about 100
men was provided. A small "At Home" was held on 15th
April by the Political Resident to which some British
subjects and leading Persian officials were invited to
meet the General.
. on l^th April for Shiraz where
he is to visit the Governor General^ Firuz Mirza.
153. Allied officials .
^l Phillips, Adviser of 'the Finance Department,
Shiraz, visited Bushire on 1st April. He urged Aqai
Rustaian, Finance Director, to increase efforts to collect
Government revenue, particularly income-tax.
Persian officials .
P u staian of the Finance Department, Bushire,
returned to Bushire from Shiraz on 1st April.
155 ; , ^ Two engineers, Aqai Darudi and Aqai Ibflhi.mian,
arrived from Tehran on 1st April in connection witn the
projected construction of a jetty at Abbasak Is
Bushire Quarantine Station..
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