مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎٢‎٩‎٥] (٧٥١/٥٩٢)

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Dart of all classes to cultivate closer relations, K ^
often it is realised 1 © 3 & ^rom a liicing ior the British
themselves thsu:i from tbe conviction, now generally
if belatedly held, that the -^ar will end in an A^uxeu
victory. Self-interest, too, is probably beoina the
^deail's of a growing number of Kemanshah residents to
All tbiB la a mar-cad charge In aa area
which my predecessors have reported as mdiffwren*
if not actively hostile.
/ Conclusio n.
28 v 0 r the Deputation of the Uotan as a whole, the
Pah h* ^^^r^rre^val'ofthfdfstractrors
du«’ l to the threat ol' %ar ana the maintenance of confidence
>n the, aueuuacy of supplies ox' the necessities oi ^tfe,
both influences operating before the beginning of ne
□ariod inder review, have continued to contribute to
a nure settled an. optimistic public opinion, politically
aloe there has been alleviation in the release of
ad terms from surveillance, with so far no serious e x
on the generally satisfactory staiidard ol security.
Lookin/^c over the past too years, these developments
ore the more significant,
/ nQ m onaim- forward to the time when, with the terraina-
^ tion of hostilities* British troops, hitherto the sheet
ti0 “ ° r » ^aouritv. will he withdrawn, a period ol
diff iculty 9 ?’or" the Percian authorities in th e maintenance
of law and order may he foreseen. “^Vs-Viathy
ha*erer ce heyond their resources H British s^mpai y
and support he then forthcoming, o Ur ^
^tere^i^esU^Sa wllfstill^ of^ide^hl.
Chfe^linke - ^J^^tions an^n important
moment^o^British'trade? In,the
Kemanshah Petroleum Company o ^-^yS-i-SHAR (the
- ..i|..tatl«»a aod uil ”^ .. |. ia , ^.v.at been
resoonsihility for the guara ^ company guards and
transferred from British “equine that,
^ef^th^facrorw^tever reaction against^us there