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(1) Both Ctene'-ilar Liap«n Officers left Ahwas on 1st
June for preliminary enquiries in the Kh®rramalr.ad district.
(2) Mr,Wooller y H•M * Vice-Consul , visited Abadan on 6th
June f®r a conference in cdnnexien with the security of
▼▼itn the Comptimdiift Anglo-Iranian Oil C®o production centres and returned
of the ©n the following day* Re went t« Gach «aran by r®ad on 9th
Under Secretary of m^t^turned ®n 11th June*
Fereign Affair*
. r /T3) Lieut.Col.A*Co Galloway of the Indian Political ^er-
1 vice assumed charge of H«M. Consulate-General ®n 14th June,
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(4) Professor Pittman^ the American Adviser to the
Persian Government and soil specialist, arrived fr^rn Tehran
| ®n *th June* Miu 0* R®tham arrived on 10th .June to ^ake up
duties as assistant t® Lt*Col.Noel at the Kamidiyeh Farm*
It MOVEMENT^ OF PER g I AN OFFICIAL^,
(5) Aghai Divahbegi, formerly G® ve 2 ™ r-General ®f Us tan
VT^left f®r Tehran ®n 9th June*
( 6 ) Aghai Nafieip Lirect«r-General ®f Grain collarti«n
paid " brietf visits to Lisfui and ^ueangird and left fohe
Behbahan ®n 13th J
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(7) 9arhang Humayuni, Commanding the l#th (ioxusistan)
Division, want to ham Hormuz on 3th June, and stayed tw®
nights* He visited ^us&ngird on 11th June, returning the
sAtne night*
( 6 ) A Commission under Aghai sazgar came to Ahwaz far
enquiries into the affairs «f the Iranian ^tate Railways
and left for D<sx v ad after a two day's stay*
sartip Qadr, an officer of the Inspection Branch of
ie Ministry ®f War, visited Ahwas.’; during the fortnight*
He is rep«rted to be investigating certain allegations «f
corruption against ^arhang Humayuni perpetrated in connection
with the disarmament sf the Arab tribes*
III (X$) KCON CMI,C
Aghai Nafisi states that he has now received signed
undertakings for t®n« of grain* Ho estimates that
the towns of Khuzistan, excluding the Anglo ~I rani an 0^1 Co.
areas, require about 1^,§00 tons of grain a. year* Tlxia
estimate doubtless provides for their maximum requirements^
but Aghai Nafisi will have t© make more rapid progress if
he is to complete his task in Khuzistan and escape the
Khuzistan summer* In the meantime, a divergence between the
interests of the Persian Ministry of supply, which is con
cerned merely with providing the minimum needs of the t^wns,
land of the Allied* who wish to save the maximum amount sf
| shipping, is becoming evident* There seems to be little
doubt that, after providing for the snt.tSK feeding of the
RECb. POL. DEPT, •ntire population and £®v next year's seed, a balance of
some thousands of tons should remain in the hands of the
^peasants* It will almost certainly be impossible to collect
• Kj r .r-i/^olany of this wheat except by partial barter, (Compare para
^ ^ »12 of the last Ahwaz Diary; and Aghai Nafisi i.% giving
clear/