مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎٢‎٠] (٧٥١/٤٠)

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promise to await the decision ol’ the Iranian dovernraeixt regarding
the reforms for i.urdistan demanded oy them, may go to the assist
ance of their hard-pressed kinsmen in n. Kurdistan*
5* The proposal has heen made that a British Military
observer should be sent to aakkiz but no final decision thereon
has yet been made* Thus, the situation in Kurdistan, alter show
ing hopeful signs of improving during the first half of April,
deteriorated a & ain in the latter part of the month ana the pros
pects of reaching a negotiated settlement now seem almost as
remote as ever.
B * IRAKIAJ ADMIN I ST RAT I Olj ♦
6. Ta") Aghai Arefi, the Mayor of Kermanshah was replaced on
the 5th April by Aghai '’aizullah Zanganeh (&ahir-ul-iulk), uncle
of Arair-i-uill Zanganeh, the Ustandar. Although professedly at
anxious to co-operate with the British Authorities here, Arefi
had been unsatisfactory as .iayor here as he had lacked energy and
resourcefulness and seemed unable to tackle successfully the
difficult problem of forcing down prices here which have risen
so much in recent months. The new Mayor is a local notable ,
ai~d is believed to be willing to collauorate with the capable
Pamandar, Aghai -iami, whose energy and drive may now galvanize
the Municipality into much-needed activity.
^.b; There is still some doubt as to whether Tarajullah
Asif will be appointed iarraandar of Benna; he wishes to hold
his seat in the Majliss and at the same time to hold the governor
ship of Senna, and the Iranian Government has not yet decided
whether such an unusual arrangement can be sanctioned. In the
meantime, he is unofficially acting as Farmaudar of senna.
(c ; Colonel Artta, the chief of olice in ermansh&h, has
returned here, after several weeks’ absence in Tehran; during
this period he has been promoted* In view of his evil reputation-
and the fact that he was closely associated with General Rukn-ed-
Din Mokhtari, the notorious Chief of olice at Tehran in Reza
Shah’s regime, stamps him as a police-officer or the worst type-
the public here naturally wonders why he has been singled out
for preferment and is being employed within the zone of British
occupation in Iran* The natural inference is that he is ’persona
a rata’ with the British Authorities and that the latter approve
of the presence of this unsavoury character in their midst.
Almost any Police official would be better than Artta aud his
continuance in office is exposing the British Authorities in
Iran to much adverse criticism.
7. V*1iile it is fully realized that the supply of
honest and efficient officials in Iran is extremely limited, it
should be possible, nevertheless, to ensure that the Iranian
Government sends, to the ’’British-occupied” zone at least, better
officials than many of those corrupt and inefficient men who
have been appointed to posts in this district during the past
eight months. The anti-British attitude of many Iranian officers
and officials here has frequently been referred to and this
state of feeling in official circles unfortunately still con
tinues, although there are signs thato British propaganda efforts
are beginning to influence the minds of an ixicreasing number of
local officials.
c - BCOnOMIC BITuATIOa*
8. Wheat and barley stocks in this district continue to
be sufficient to meet all local needs until the 1‘P4 b crop is
harvested. Surplus supplies of grain have been despatched to Tehri
Kerman,Yezd and Isfahan during the past month, the total thus for
warded being 670 tons of wheat and 1,360 tons of barley between
the Blst