مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎٢‎٦‎٠] (٩٣٨/٥٢٠)

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Intelligence Summary No *4 for the British Residency and
Consulate General, Bushire for the period 1st to
15th March 1943•
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(c> British Officials ,
(ii Brigadier Douglas, cornmandii^l^fh^ 5 Arrar^l 2
Indian Division) visited Bushire on March lst/2nd.
(ii) Mr. R.I.Hallows, His Majesty^ Vice Consul at
Bushire, left for India on transfer on the 9th March
1943.
Captain P.Nicholson, Under Secretary to the
Resident, returned from tour on the same day.
(iii) Brigadier Carson, Director of ire asportation,
Iraq, accompanied by Colonel Sudbury, Director of the
Inland Water Transport, Basra, visited Bushire on
March X3QQE 3rd/4th.
(iv) Mr. E.G. Price, of the Ministry of War Transport,
Basra, visited Bushire on March 9th.
^v) Major Henderson, Security Control Officer, Persian
; ilf, visited Bushire on March 13th/"4th.
) Persian Officials .
(i) Acai Kasmai (now reduced from acting Governor to
his ibstantive post of Mayor) has been summoned to
Shiraz by Sipahbud ohahbakhti. He left for Shiraz on
the 15th March. A ^ai Mohammad Marim Nawab, the Assistant
Governor, has been appointed to act as Mayor.
(ii) Aqai '.ohammad Banan arrived at Bashire on the 1 st
March 1943 to take over the Banque Me If if Aqai
Javid.
II. LOCAL AFFAIRS .
(a) Meteorological instruments have been installed on
the roof of the Customs House. The Director requested
I ul's Consul to assist by sending cue of the Consulate
General *3 observers to show them how (:o work the
instruments. After inspection, it was reported that
they consisted of a Stevenson screen and a wind vane.
The'’former was found to contain no instruments; and the
vane hrs not been fixed properly and will not give
accurate results, the barometers are loosely hung cn the
wall and will not give tne correct reading.
(b) On the night of the 9th March nine prisoners with
one Gene;acme who was on guard escaped from the
Gendarmerie jail. One of the prisoners was Quli A. >T i
who robbed the Under Secretary and the Additional i xe
Consul on the Gach-oaran road last year. Captain
Jurjani has pursued them but without success. It is
r :ported that Quli Khan bribed one of the Gendarmerie
nf leers with 500 tomans ar d 10 misca~s o 1 " gold worth a
further 500 tomans.
III. COlf IONIC AT IONS .
( and .
On the night of 7th March
were seen near the Residency.
fifteen &r aei thieves
They ootei one man
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