مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٦] (٩٣٨/٢٩٢)

PILE CO-
for
Bushire intelligemre
the period from 15th
cAtid cttial .
i r/A
Suniinary’ FoVlC
to 31&t VAj 19^4.
I „ KOVEMErTS,
(a) Br^it i&h Offici als .
(i) The Hobble the political Reaid£..t, acoompanied
hi Captain W^G.Raw* Vice-Con&uJL, returned irom Tehran
on lla^- 27 th.
(ii) Hr • G.B. Hagee of the Shiraz Consulate, and
Captain Scott from Gach baran, arrived on the 2Cth Ma^ aiid
left on the 22nd.
(b) Allied Officials .
(i) Lieut. Thomas A. Gaither and Sgt. Kelly, attach
ed to the Persian Road Transport Departments left Bushire for
Shirazs en route to Isfahan on the 16th May* Before depart
ing, they received orders from Tehran to make forwarding
arrangements for approximately 3000 tons /Of sugar from the
Bushire Customs to Khorramshahr, and for the despatch rf a
large consignment of piecegoods from Bu&hire to Suiraz. They
encountered some difficulties and have proceeded to Isfahan
to make a report.
(ii) A party of Russians travelling in 5 militar^
vehicles, arrived at Bushire on the 28th May, without an;,
^revious warning. Two of the party Mr. Sagoff (?) and Mr.
Sanginoff (?) both from the Russian Consulate at Isfaha*., ^
called on H«M.’s Consul and stated that the object of their
visit was to stage a publicity display in the tovm (see para.
Y below), and that one of thedr number had orders to inspect
a consignment of opium; held by the finance Department.
The individual interested in the opium was a Hr. julioff (?)
(said to be a Russian trade representative from Tehran) and
his negotiations with the Finance Department were apparently
successful, as he and his party (which included a Russian
military escort with 3 officers) eventually left with 1C3 cases
of raw opium, each weighing 150 lbs. During their visit,
these Russians, who stayed at the old if.S.S.R. Consulate,
made some enquiries about general trade conditions in Buahire.
(c) Persian officials.
(i) Colonel Amjadi of Kazerun, accompanied by
Captain ITamwar, arrived at Bushire on the 19th May. The
latter is now commanding the Bu&hire garrison vice Captain
Mazaheri.
(ii) lieutenant Farzaneh with two other inspecting
officers of the Gendarmerie, arrived from Shiraz on May 24th
r.nd returned a week later after touring to Shabankareh and
Ganawah.
(iii) A^ai Skamlu, Director of the Cereals and Bread
Department, who proceeded to Shiraz, returned to 3\u&hire on
3lst.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS .
(a) The two Bushire deputies in the Majlis QF FfCE I
Shabankareh, Ganawah and Bandar Rig. A^ai Sufavx’MB Iiuii '
returned to Tehran and A^ai K. IXshty will be following shortly.