مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎٢‎٥‎٠] (٩٣٨/٥٠٠)

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175 lorries were assembled and 261 despatched during the
fortnight. Cargo despatched totalled 1025 tons, half of this
being rubber, and the other half motor parts, tinned meat,
barbed wire and tyres.
The Port Committee now have an electric plant of their
own, and are arranging to light the wharves to enable discharg
ing to continue at night, and to reduce the risk of pilferage.
The handling of cargo has been impQ^ved by the posting here of
a few B.O.R.s as stevedores, and the Palestinians mentioned
in paragraph IV of my last summary, who are working on the
tallying side.
V. TRIB AL API) PO LIT ICAL.
(a) A detachment of 64 Gendarmes under CaphPishdad left
for Daiyir on the 16th April to relieve Capt. Shadrawan, the
O.C. Gendarmerie. Shaikh Sulaiman Basuri of Kangan had
complained to the latter of the activities of Shaikh Abdul*-Rasul
ITasuri of Asalu. Capt. lishdad was then ^ent to arrest Abdur
Rasul. After a few days the relatives of Abdur Rasul approached
Capt. Pishdad for his release but Pishdad refused to do so. One
of Abdur Rasul’s relatives then murdered Pishdad, and decamped
with ShaiKh Abdur Rasul.
(o) A detachment consisting of 150 infantry and two tanks has
' rrived fromKaseroon under the command of Sarhang Azizullah
Aasmju to carry out the disarmament of Tangistan and Lashti.
About 200 soldiers and some Gendarmes were also sent from the
Bushire garrison to join the detachment. Razmju’s first step
as to send for Rais Ali Chahpiri, who came to Bushire and
apparently promised to surrender his Government rifles. At
the end of the period the detachment had still not left for
Tang is tan.
( c) Wile in Br shi re Rais Ali Chahpiri called on the Resident’s
secretary. Pie emphasised his friendship with the British
Government and stated that he was prepared to perform any
service referred to him. He ^'complained that his enemies
like Lamju, Husain Ali, Husain Rustom and oth-: • small chiefs
of Tangistan have made false reports against hj.m and begged
that no attention should be given to these reports. He added
that he had some to Bushire in order to obey the orders of the
local authorities and to surrender his Government arms.
(d) It is reported thet one Saiyid Mohammed Hussain Barrash-
bandi, an agent of Nasir Khan Qashqai, has visited Ahram in
order to induce the small chiefs of Tangistan to join Chahpiri.
He is also reported to have made a visit to Dashti with a
similar •bject.
V!. PUBLIC RELATIONS.
The Cinema Van paid a visit to Burazjan and ^Uatt-abad
over the Laster Piolidays. At Burazjan about 2GG0 people saw
the programme, consisting mostly of news reels. Lr. Siadat,
the Quarantine Medical Oificer of BusbLre was present and
took the opportunity of making a speecbi over the microphone on
the subject of public health. He told the local people that
typhoid had broken out in the area dud that the Governor had
promised to send out a doctor and equipment. He also said
that His Majesty’s Consul was getting s-ome serum (from the
Auglo-persian Relief and Reconstruction Pund) and he urged the
people to make use of the facilities being afforded. At
Sa’ad-abad propaganda material, mostly posters, was distributed.
It is said that after the van left this material was being sold
at a rial a poster.