مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎٢‎١] (٧٥١/٤٢)

V
3
the 21st
appended
March and the 21st
hereunder
April,
1942.
Detailed
figures are
Despatched to
TEHRAN
Tons
YL2D
Tons
KERMAN
Tons
ISFAHAN
Tons
Cheat
460
105
llo
-
Barley
927
286
107
30
9. The grain despatchedXrom the Kermanahah district to
Tehran Sind to other towns in Iran (where there have been shortages)
between the 23rd September 1941 and the 21st April 1942 is
reported to have totalled 8,657-2 tons of wheat and 2,01o-^ tons
of barley distributed as iollows:-
Total
despatched to TEHRAN
ISFAHAN KERMAN
YB2D
<heat
4,453
3,964/jr 116
105
Barley
1,0682
6c4 107
286
i). A^ilOduTURb
Ig. The Departmeiit of Agriculture here reports that the
anti-locust campaign has been carried on with vigour and with
complete success; the danger that locusts may destroy crops
in this district is now regarded as being very remote.
11. ' v a; spring sowings have been on a greater scale than usual;
crop prospects continue to be good but rain is requireu during
May if the high hopes of good crops are not to be disappointed.
V (b) The cultivation of the opium poppy has been carried
} on this spring upon an increased scale.
(c; Less sugar beet is bein& grown this year despite the
bonus and the encouragement offered to growers b^ the Iranian
v < (xovernasnt.
(d) Cotton, too, is not beLu fc grown as extensively this
years as during the past 4 or 6 years.
(e) cases of anthrax have been reported from the Bijar
area and energetic measures have been taken to inoculate infected :
animals and to destroy all animals likely to spread the disease.
Mortality among shfeep was fairly severe in some areas during the
winter owing to the severe cold experienced during the mouths
of December and oanuary last.
E. IR Ab I Ad iiRMY .
11. The re-organisation oi the Iranian Army continues and
the strength of the nenaanshah (12th; and Aurdistan ^oth) Divisions
has been reduced* Conscripts are still being called to the
colours but in spite of the fact that the Army is being re-organ^
ised there is no evidence of any improvement in the training of
recruits ^h^tr 21 ^ lessening of the ill-treatment metea out to
recruits byAofrieers and E.C.O.s.
The aloof and unfriendly attitude of Iranian officers
towards us continues but this attitude has shown signs of being
less noticeable in recent weeks. Indeed, as a result of pressure
brought to bear upon oeueral Chahbakhti, a notice has been posted
up in the Iranian Barracks that Iranian officers are now allowed
to meet British Officers.
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