مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎٢‎٨‎١] (٧٥١/٥٦٤)

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administrative machine, helpful. Not only in routine
investigation or hold-ups or motor-transport and of the
frequent thefts oi British military telephone *ire, but
over a wiaer 1‘it'la in the settlement oi tribal ana inter
tribal unrest, this co-operation has been fruitful. In
^ the instances quoted in the previous paragraph special
•visits by the .Political Adviser to the areas and tribes
affected, in company with the military and gendarmerie
oilleers concerned, resulted in the settlement of
potentially awieward threats to the local peace which,
it is believeo, would have been difficult j.or the
Persian officers to reach unaided. Of the holu-ups,
some seven of importance v. ere reported, the majority
occurring on the stretch o^ ro^i irrmieuiately north anu
south oi SHAHABAD, v.e.rle a similar uoinber oi tacits oi
telephone wire oh ore a a remarkable entree ox concentration
in the BXSITUf area. An improvement regards thefts
was aiscerniole in the latter part Ox the buinmer, uue
prcoably to security arrangements introduced by the
Political Adviser whereby village headmen were made
responsible.
b. At this point X venture to submit that, for the
maintenance Ox security on the L. ui o. , it will still
for a time bo necessary to interest ouroelves actively
in the tribal areas through which it runs, for security
is indivisible ana disorder in outlying districts aid
encampments must react unfavourably on tho safety oi the
roatu That Persian authority must be able to assert
itself anu maintain ^eace ana order in all areas is
obviously aesiraoie ana will become the more essential
the nearer the ante o1 the eventual withdrawal oi ^ritish
troops approaches. Ihio re-establishment ui Persian
authority among the trioes, shattered by the Occupation
of September 194tl, must be assisted ana# during the past
twelve months^ the efforts oi this Consulate have been
I directed to that end.
6. The prospects, it must be admitted, are not at present
encouraging for in addition to a aeep distrust of tuo
tribesman for the official and officer* a feeling which
amounts almost to hatred ox the latter, there are serious
deficiencies ox organisation, transport, personnel and
finance to be made good before the Administration can
be halo to have even a fair chance of success. There may
perhaps /