مجموعة ١١٧/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمان، يزد - (بندر عباس): ملخصات استخباراتية." [و‎‎٥‎٤] (٥١٧/١١٠)

I, Ms Britannic Majesty’s Consul in KKIMAM, acting on be
half of His Britannic Majesty’s legation in Tehran, hereby give
you the assurance that no action will be taken by Briti§i Author
ities or forces against yourself, your family or your tribesmen
provided that you o * 1 serve the following conditions and enforce
them on your followers
\ (l) You assist Fis tajesty’s Government by giving me
any in-form^tion you may have about intrigues in your area,
by Persians o“ foreigners, against th.e interests of the Allies;
(?,) That you hand over to the nearest British or Persian
authorities 1 any national or agent of any country, especially
Cermans, Italians or Japanese, that may be at war with His
Britannic Majesty’s 3-ovemment and who may be in or passing
through your territory;
(3) That neither you nor your followers engage in any band
itry or robbery or behave in any other way prejudicial to the
peace and security of the area in which you live or move about;
(4) That neither you nor your followers behave in a manner
contrary to the interests of the Allied cause.
While this indemnity does not debar the Persian Government
from any course of action they may wi;;h tc take in respect of
yourself or your followers, as long as you and your followers
abide by the above-mentioned conditions ^ou are given the ad
ditional assurance that n pressure will be everted by His
Britannic Majesty’s Government on the Persian authorities tc
take action against you.
Confident! al, Ho,5-T British Consulate. KERMAN
6 th March, 1945*
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I have the honour to refer to the correspondence resting
with this office T.L*No.4-T dated the 15th ’ebruary, 1.943, re
garding Hussain Than Buchakchi.
K-
G, The assurance wich, as already reported in ny telegram
TTo.39 dated 14th February I gave to Akbar Khan son of Hussain Khan,
was a verbal not a written one. My reasons f r withholding the ^
vjritten assurance at that time were (l) because of the General Offic
er Commanding’s objection to the giving of a written assurance ( re
ported in ry telegram No.37 dated the 11th February) and (2) in
order to have something in reserve to use as a ''urther inducement &f
necessary. The first objection vanished as a result of further
discussion with the Governor-General before ny depar Bare, in which
he informed me that he saw no objection to a written assurance being
given, that He had persuaded the General Officer Commanding to take
this view, and t at in fact beth xi 3 i he and the General Officer
Co mending had given guarantees in writing on be' alf of the Iranian
Government. I went to SIRJAN therefore prepared to give a written
assurance if I considered there ’ oul" be an advantage in doing so.
3. I was in SIRJAN on two occasions, on my way to and from
BANDAR cBBAl. On both occasions I had discussions with the principal
officers and others, and it was not long before I was compelled to
agree with Major Phillips’ vi w of them. I have rarely "Bt such an
unattractive set of rogues and liars, ith regard to Hussain Khan
there appear to be two main views, possibly correspond!ng with the
two parties which are said to exist in the town,