مجموعة ١١٧/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمان، يزد - (بندر عباس): ملخصات استخباراتية." [و‎‎١‎٤‎٩] (٥١٧/٣٠٠)

Commanding to have heen captured# Correct info unation about the
results of such encounters is difficult to obtain, as the ^-ilita* y
are very reticent about their own losses. In this case reports
from a reliable source indicate that the /lilitary losses were nine
killed and twelve wounded. Murad-Ali-Murad is reported to have
again fled to I'ars.
ECONOMIC
192. Considerable amounts of sugar and piece-goods have been
brought to Kerman from Bandar Abbas euring the past two weeks.
No sugar has yet been issued to t ne public for the month of fir
(July/, and market prices have risen considerably. Cigarettes
are still scarce and expensive. fhe distribution of monopoly
goods is scheduled to take place on the 20th -lorded (llth August).
It was planned by Mr. Tribonn to hold a census in Kerman on
the 28th July by confining the Public to their houses sc that the
distribution of ration cards for sugar, tea and piece-goods could
be made by the authorities. But he had to abandon the t§ea when
he was informed by the Acting Bovernor G-eneral that he was con
templating a measure which the Shah alone could order.
LOCAL AFFAIR S
194. On the 20th a meeting was convened by H.M 1 s Consul to con
sider ways and means of preventing the spread of venereal diseases
in Kerman. The meeting was attended by the Covernor General, the
General Officer Commanding, local doctors and some of the leading
merchants.
195. On the 19th July, there was an official reception at the
Governorate General, Kerman, on account of Id-i-Mabas.
196. An earthquake occurred on Sunday the 22rd afternoon. The
shock laster for about ha^f a minute but no damage has been reported
197. Reference paragraph 275. Investigations in Zarend con
cerning the Dilmaghani murder resulted in the apprehension of about
8 persons who have been brou^it to Kerman. A Gendarmerie officer,
Satwan Mir Hussaini, is also suspected of connivance in the affair
and has been arrested and Jailed pending further enquiries. A
prominent member of the Ibrahimi family, Aq.ai Hus tarn Khan, who is
strongly suspected by the public of having had a hand in the killing
was also brought before the Commission and questioned. Though at
first refused, he was evntually released on bail.
198. It is rumoured that a Mujtahid named Khalesi Z&deh is short
ly going to be exiled to Kerman from Tehran. He is said to be
a strong reactionary and his advent is expected to cause trouble
between the various religious sects in Kerman.
Gel. V.W.L. Willoughby.
Lieut.-Col.
His Majesty’s Consul.
Kerman•
8th August, 1944.