مجموعة ١١٧/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمان، يزد - (بندر عباس): ملخصات استخباراتية." [و‎‎١‎٦‎٣] (٥١٧/٣٢٨)

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undergone a temporary drop i^anie- lately after the new & ol Allied
landings in France, are ag- in steadily rising. stocks in the
Grovernment amhar during the fortnight under review stood as
follows
Wheat 650 tons
Barley 830 tons
Maize 12 tons
•uooal Affairs
419. Following the decision of the Persian Government to post
pone the grant of oil concessions to the Russians till afterthe
war, there was a considerable amount of comment in kermaa • hile
the firm attitude of the Prime Minister was anplauded by some,
the majority feared that so strong an answer to the Hussi&ns
was uncalled for and held misgivings as to the retaliatory a
measures which Soviet Russia would take against Iran for this re
buff. Shortly after this decision was announced the Governor
General Is reported to have received telegraphic instructions
from the Prime Minister to explain to the people of Kerman that
the situation was not serious and w uld have no major repercuss
ions. a special meeting of the local merchants and notables
was duly convened at the Governorate General and the situation
was explained to them.
420. According to the looal paper, the Bayib-i-Imam (False Pro
phet) of Iranshahr has been captured with 7 of his followers
and is now under sentence of death.
Yezd Affairs
421. Reference para. 382. 1'he Persian representative of the
Yezd office of ,, Ira.nsovtrans rt is Kaji Abdul Khalik/1 Bad, a resi
dent of Taft, who was engaged by *'U i eleuvkin, a Kutsian repre
sentative of the firm at Isfahan, during the letter's visit to
Yezd in August. 1 It is reported that Khalik Dad later signed
an agreement with "Iransovtrans”, by the terms of which (a) be is
to receive 5$ commission on all goods transported by him (b)
he is to sign all the firm’s papers and waybills in Yezd and
accommodate all its lorries in his garage and (o) he will accept
loads only for Isfahan .Tehran and other destinations in the
North. The office is situated directly opposite the SBR garage
on the Kiaban-i-Kerman, and, up to the period under review, as
many as 65 lorries are reported to have carried goods to various
destinations in North Iran.
422. Reports of slightly subversive anti-British and pro-Russian
propaganda have been received from Yezd, which is thought to
emanate from members of the Yezd branch of the Tudeh party, which
is reported to be making attempts to come into prominence. The
propaganda is said to include a fantastic statement to the effect
,, that the British have conspire' v^ith ^ueen Pauzieh to do away
with the Bhah, and reports that the Soviet Government are doing
all they can to improve Persia’s economic conditions by importing
large quantities of essential commodities into the country, ad d
thereby stablising their prices.
^eourltJ
A' 3 ' 0 /, 423. Keferenoe para. 312. After Kuraa-Ali-Murad 'b flight from
the Sirjan area, the military authorities are reported to have dis
covered one of his hide-outs in the neighbouring mountains, from
which they have seized some of his property. It is f\r tie r
stated that a box was found which contained receipts of payments
of considerable sums of money made by liurad to various persons.
Among these were receipts for a sum of Rials 120.000/- paid t o
Agha Shaukat, a corruptive but strong element in i>irjan, and
another for Rials 90,000// paid to Haji Pu’tamid, a BirJJan trader*