مجموعة ٥٩/٣٠ "الخليج الفارسي. تأسيس البحرية الفارسية، إلخ" [ظ‎‎٢‎٨] (٦٢٤/٥٧)

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(3) The name of the Department of Western Europe and America has been
changed to the Third Political Department, dealing with the other
States of Europe and Asia, the two continents of America, and the
other continents of the world.
(4) The Department of Treaties and the League of Nations has been named
the Fourth Political Department, being in charge of affairs pertaining
./ to treaties and agreements, the League of Nations, judicial examina
tions and international aviation, hygiene and judicial papers.
3. British Interests.
Mr. C. A. Gault, vice-consul in His Majesty’s Levant consular service,
reported his arrival in Tehran on the 27th May on being posted as attache to
this Legation.
Mr. H. L. Baggallay left Tehran on the 1st June on expiry of the term of
his appointment as first secretary to this Legation.
4. Persian Navy.
(i) Major Ghulam Ali Khan Bayendor, Commandant of the Persian
navy, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, with effect from the
1st Farwardin, 1313 (the 21st March, 1934).
(ii) Reference section “ C ” (Persian navy) of my annual summary of
military affairs in Persia, 1933, an official of the R.I.M. dockyard, Bombay, was
informed by Colonel Dezan (Italian engineer adviser to the Persian navy) that
the new order placed in Italy by the Persian navy was for—
{a) A 7,000-ton floating dock for Mohammerah, which was due to leave Italy
in the autumn of 1934.
(h) A lighthouse tender of 1,100 tons.
(c) Certain small craft for service in the Caspian.
(d) A tug and some lighters for service in the Persian Gulf.
5. Persian Army.
(i) Troop movements from Senneh (brigade headquarters) to Aurqman
took place early in May. Normal seasonal reliefs were carried out, but additional
troops were also sent to deal with the situation in the Kuh-i-Bamu area, where a
Kurdish raiding party had attacked a finance official and his escort, and had
stolen 2,000 tomans.
(ii) According to a reliable report, conscription is working smoothly in
Kurdistan, the conscripts being sent to Kermanshah for training The
advantages of free food, clothing and housing are said by the Kurds to outweigh
the hardships and discomfort of military training.
(iii) A force of 120 men was despatched from Ahwaz during May to deal
with a gang of robbers in Mian Ab of Dizful.
6. Persian Air Force.
(i) Civil A viation .—An unconfirmed report states that the Persian Govern
ment contemplates the inauguration of a civil air service in Persia, which is tc
be operated by the Persian Air Force. The report states that an order is about
to be placed for five D.H. “Fox” and fjve D.H. “Dragon” aircraft. The
machines are to be five-seaters, with detachable seats, thus rendering them
capable of taking either passengers or freight.
The services proposed are as follows :—
Tehran-Bander-i-Pahlavi.
Tehran-Ahwaz-Bushire.
Tehran-Qasr-i-Shirin.
(ii) An unconfirmed report states the regiment stationed at Ahwaz is to
be stationed at Shiraz for the summer months, and that a hangar of the type
known as the “French Colonial,” with accommodation for six “ Audax ”
machines, is being erected there. A similar hangar is to be erected next year
at Ahwaz, to replace the present Boulton and Paul hangar, which is too small.