مجموعة ١١٧/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمان، يزد - (بندر عباس): ملخصات استخباراتية." [و‎‎٨] (٥١٧/١٦)

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NEWS SUMUiRY OF K^mNj YE 3 D A" T D BAND.s^R
ABBAS FOR TIS SECOND HALF OF JULY, 1842 .
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British Off icial s s (Para 1 rT o , 13) Both reconna.isSonee pax 1 1ies
cormnencecf their return journeys on the morning of 191a yuly and
not 18th as previously stated,
Mr. J«k 8 C» Johnson^ H»M’S Vice Consul Isfahan, tourod in the
&nark«»Khur~Yezd area July 22nd“26th a
Movem ents of Fo rei gners & V« Uljanischer, Scherlinorsky<- Vo
Obilensky and" a motor driver, all Russians, arrived in Bandar A.bba.s
on l?th s visited Qishm Island on the 18th and left for Kerman samd
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day 0 They are part of the Russian anti-locust party touring
They were to have visited Minab but did not do so. They left
Kerman on 23rd in the direction of Yezd*
Mr, and Mrs 0 Hermestad, Swedes, passed through Kerman on 23rd
July en route Tehran from Birjando He is a Kempsax engineer.
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A* Skcrynovitch. Yugoslav, (Cairo passport 1107/189,1936 ? and
.tion permit t r o-419) passed through Yeza on the 28th from Zahid-
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Local Go vernmento G.0oCM ana acting Ustandar visited Bam and Sirjan
during July in connection with crop assessments and local condi
tions generally«
Abdullah Sar Reshtahdar, the new head of Kerman municipality,
arrived on the 20th and commencea his auties. He was formerly
employed in Tabriz-,
Attempts are being maue to put new life into the municipal
committee ana a meeting of the committee on the 25th, under the
new chief, reccmmendea that all foou ana fuel supplies coming into
Kerman should be retailed at special centres ana at prices fixed
fortnightly by the municipality and the traders; in other words
a municipal market.
Mi 1 j-ttSL Ty af f airs , Sarha.ng Ohedi has assumed charge as C*M*0o
CMiTitaryJ in "place of Sar hang* Jelveh relieved. Ohedi was formerly
with the Khwssh brigade and the G.O. C. has a high opinion of his
abilities .
Sartip Siyahpush (para 4, Wo a 13) is expected to complete his
private business in Kerrnan early next month and to move to Kashan*
Internal S ecu rity,, Except for a few petty robberies in Yezd town
and unsettled conditions in the Bandar tbbas district, no dis
turbing incident has been reported during the fortnight©
Economic Conditions< The wheat situation at Kerman continues to be
a'Tiarrassing 'factor. It is understood that 3000 khnrwars (about
tons) have been allotted to Kerman from the Zabul surplus but
Zabul i-oad is-ior has been) inundated ana is unlikely to be fit
traffic for another fortnight. Meanwhile the daily bread supply
Kerman town is kept going only by day to day collections of wh-
with such transport as can be secured. This haphazard existence
likely to continue for another three or four weeks.
In Banaar Abbas the bread situation is far from gooa and the.
attention of the acting Ustandar has been arawn to reported condi
tions there ©
There is no change m the situation at Yezd, but there is more
money in this town and the people can get enough to eat by paying
for it©
There is however a fair supply of good fruit now available at
most centres, and. in the case of Kerman, at reasonable prices
after initial friction with the vendors©
Meat too is more plentiful in the Kerman bazar of late and
prices are moderate. Some unscrupulous butchers attempted to
extract higher prices by spreading a. rumour that the Consulate was
buying 100 mans of meat per day. It is satisfactory to report that
this and similar reports of alleged Consulate purchases were. suit
ably dealt with by the Editor of the •’Bidari" on his own intiatiue*
The sale of ?i ashH in Kerman continues to be very popular and
there is a big demand for it. As a cheap and wholesome filler it
/ seems