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Rais /Ol Chahpiri remainod in full de facto
authority thx*ou&hout the yc«r, having dissuaded by bribery
the disarrounent colujum of Colonel had hit an from action against
him. This column had been operating ineffectively from
the autumn of 1943 and it dispersed without much tangible
result in the spring of 1944. Tang1stan continued to be
disturbed by occasional holdups, a contributing cause
being thu poverty and hardship causod by alraost total
crop failure*
This area continued to bo lawless and
disturbed but not beyond the normal degree. All Isnail
(vide paragraph c dection IV of last year f s report) who
had been expelled by a disarmament expedition in 1943 was
allowed to return to hia home. Ills influence and weelth
have undoubtcsd.ly declined considerably and the Persian
authorities appear satisfied that he vvill be amenable to
discipline having learned a hard lesson*
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This area remained quiet throughout the
ye<*r and the attitude of its dhaikhs continued friendly
and helpful.
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Though the Consular Agent at juingah
(re-established at the close of 19*43) has found himself
unable to tour widely due to difficulties of communications
and his preoccupation with his duties as Censor of Lingah
W/T station his presence in the area has done much to
restore British influence*
an important part of his duties has been the
supervision of a war-watching scheme for the coastline
running north and south of Lingah*
The fortnightly reports of the Consular Agent