مجموعة ١١٧/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمان، يزد - (بندر عباس): ملخصات استخباراتية." [و‎‎١‎٩‎٧] (٥١٧/٣٩٦)

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Two reasons advanced by the local &harber
prodigality are fir stly that they did not
their disposal to meet the cost of transporl
remote areas to Kerman and secondly that this action was
fully justified by the certainty of their being able to col-
-lect the full reouirements of wheat for the province owing to
the unuaually good harvest* They calculated also that they
would not need any barley as their ’ambars’ were already over-
- stocked with last year’s crop* and that the conditions of
undertakings for wheat collections could safely be relaxed to
conform wilh those obtaining at the same time in 1942» They
now find that as the result of selling what they considered
to be surplus barley - 30# of which is used for rationed bread-
that they will not have enough for this purpose to carry them
over to the next harvest. Hence the last minute decision to
obtain barley through undertakings but the possibility of ob-
-taining it from laadlords at gov«*nment controlled prices is
very remote. On the other hand, it is said that assessments
of wheat for purposes of obtaining undertakings have been so
lenient aM favourable to landlords that wheat collections
this harvest will be less than half the amount brou^t in last
year and it is believed that Kerman province, as a result, will
be seriously short of grain by the eiri of the year. -“Meanwhile
Kharbar officials, under the pretence of doing their duty, are
engaged in heated disputes with landlords who blankly refuse to
give undertakings for barley on the grounds that Tehran’s de-
-cision to do so came too late# it may be safely assumed
however, that this is just another major ’ramp’ iu which Hharbar
officials and landlords are in complete agreement#
252* Under orders from Tehran the local Cotton Apartment
has been abolished and their stocks have been locked
and sealed until instructions for their disposal are received#
There is no further government monoi^oly on cotton and cultiva-
-tors are free to sell their products in the open market which
it is expected will bring the price of this commodity within
the reach of all#
253# There has been an unusual demand for Kerman carpets
by dealers in Tehran and the price per Kerman ’zar’ has risen
from Kials 600/- to Kials 1000/- in the last few days#
254* Reference para 233. The prices of essential food-
-stuffs remain as high as ever and the price of rise has risen
further from Rials 60/- to Rials 90/- per maund#
255# American safety razor blsdes, presumed to have
belonged originally to Allied forces in Iran, have been imported
by certain local efews who are selling them at the astonishingly
low price of Rials 2/- per packet of five#
256* Reference para 244# The news that Aqai Fazlulah
Bair ami will not be returning to Kerman has caused great dis-
-appointment* It is not known yet who his successor will be
but the latest rumours suggest that it may be Aqai Saiyid
Bay at Va former Prime Minister) Sarlashkar Pirooz, O#0.C. f
Shiraz, or Sartip Siapush*
257# The Iranian military authorities in Tr^T^a have
placed an Anson type aircraft at the disposal of the 0.0.0.
Kerman, to assist him in his operations against Murad Ali
Murad. Sheer good fortune attended the pilot on his arrival