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Dun; and (4) five at the Delhi Polytechnic (three in engineering and two in ^
textiles). The work drags partly because it is essential that no student should be
sent to India unless his knowledge of English is really sufficient to enable him to
follow the course, and partly because there is much anti-Indian preiudice to be
overcome.
48. The four Indian teachers of English have just reached Meshed (2),
Iverman and Yezd, and are already finding a great demand for their services in •
1 ersian schools, and also in private classes and for individual tuition. On the
success of these four teachers depends the question of obtaining more Indian
trained teachers of English to supplement the excellent work being done by the
British Council.
49. Major Hassan of the Indian Army has been selected to be the first
Indian Irade Commissioner to Persia and is undergoing a course of trainino 1
in India before taking over his post in January or February. Suitable offices
for him have been rented in as central a position as possible.
50. The British Indian Community in Tehran having represented that
they would like to entertain Indian troops stationed there, a combined military
and civil Indian Troops Welfare Association was formed in October with the
object that every week some fifty Indian officers and other ranks should be
entertained by members in turn either in their own houses or in the Indian Young
Men’s Christian Association building. These parties are purposely kept small
in order that the personal aspect should be maintained and have been a great
success. A Fund is contemplated in order to cover large-scale entertainment on
certain Indian religious festivals and holidays.
51. The Government of India continue to interest themselves in post-war
propaganda in Persia as is shown by their generous offer of seventeen scholar
ships varying from two to six years in technical, agricultural, forestry and educa
tion colleges in India, and also by the appointment of an Indian Trade Commis-
* sioner at Tehran. Enquiries are also being made whether an Indian film company
could operate in Persia.
British Military Interests.
52. Thanks partly to better co-operation from the Persian authorities, there
has been a reduction in the stealing of telephone wire which has been the cause
of great inconvenience to the Allied military authorities. It still continues, as
does the pilfering on a considerable scale of Allied military stores, but an improve
ment may result from the application of military government law to offences com
mitted on the railway and on roads used by Allied troops. This will allow of
the more speedy trial of offenders and the award of more severe sentences than
are permissible under the ordinary law.
Persian Forces.
53. The Army .—rThe army remains handicapped by shortage of funds; the
current year’s budget not yet having been passed by the Majlis, it lives from
hand to mouth on monthly credits on the scale of l/12th of the previous year’s
budget. An additional credit of 15 million tomans, particularly for the purpose
of increasing the pay of officers, was sanctioned by the Majlis in October but
Dr. Millspaugh has not yet made the funds available. In spite of this, morale
of the lower ranks has slightly improved; the troops are generally a little better
fed, a little less ragged; the condition of animals in Tehran has markedly
improved and there is now sufficient transport for the distribution of supplies
and clothing. Certain operations, to which further reference is made later,
have met with a success which has done something to restore the army’s confidence
in itself. But political intrigues, personal ambitions, dissensions among officers,
favouritism, and the always existing uncertainty that arises from the ambiguous
positions of the Shah and the Ministry of War in relation to the army, all combine
to prevent the consistent execution of a practical policy to reform. Tudeh party
propaganda has recently been directed towards junior officers and non-commis
sioned officers urging them not to allow themselves to be used as tools of the
reactionaries, particularly in the suppression of the legitimate aspirations of
their oppressed brothers, inciting them against the exploitation of their corrupt
seniors and encouraging them to become politically educated and politically
minded. As this propaganda is generally believed to be inspired by the Soviet
Authorities, it is not without effect on those who expect that Soviet favour may
affect their prospects.
54. Ibrahim Zand was re-appointed Minister for War after an interval
of three months and almost immediately came into conflict with the vigorous
personality of General Razmara, the Chief of the Staff. The latter had offended