مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎٣‎٠‎٢] (٧٥١/٦٠٦)

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and a bonnet-oomr atolen from one of thara, possibly by
labourera from the new British Arny etmpa, night Sinjsbi
tribesmen are reported to have been arrested by the
Oendarmerie in connexion with the first of these two bold*
dps. It i© oerhaps ae well, however, that there have been
no , «ore serious incidents, for the uendnmerie have not
dieting!ahed themselves at ail in the work of rounding up
^tfce men responsible for the amea hold-up of k oil Company
orries on t*w hafV-l-^hsh row a, reported in paragraph lb
oi last month's lilary. it tee fallen to the brigade
{ onmander, Colonel $ hahrukhshahi, anu our own olitioal
Aoviaer, to investigate thie hoiu-up and eventually to
eecure the re-arrest of two out of tfc rea of the bandits
(they turned out to be Csltaupe) who had been apprehended
snrt then released after three deye in custody, as a result
of collusion between the baJchehdar of uilan, aaeir. ft ban
A'saami, end local ^enaamerle officers mm men, eemeuted
by s wide distribution of bribes* nlttle interest was
taken in the c^se either by the senior Oondamerie officer
in the immediate area - Ctrpieln Attebegi at * aar-i-;>iurin
- or even, sc it mme, oy Colonel lHaulavi, the oifioer
Consnanding the Regiment and Acting Officer Commantung
Gendarmerie, who, Although he has been reauy to accept
information supplied to him and has agreed to remove ^ome
of the culprits, tes not vouchsafed any Inlomution of hie
own investigations Into this discreditable buelness, if
indeed he msde any serious attempt to investigate it* The
affair underlines the desirability either of Colonel
fumini* s turning to Kermanahah soon - it is now nearly
six months since he was called to Tehran - or of hie being
replaced by an officer of equal energy ana goodwill* It
also well illustrates the kind of quaei-administrative
duties which the British Political Adviser is callea upon,
willynilly, to perform in the interests of gunsrai security;
if his post wore to be abolished before British troops
leave this area, however desirable such a step might aeem
from tha point of view of removing all appearances of
political tutelage, much might remain undone that ought
in British interests to be dons, since whatever representa
tion* were made on security matters and promises received.
In ftermsashah, the elficlency of the actual field work
would be in direct proportion to the percentage oi reliable
aendsmerie officers, subject to any help which might be
forthcoming from the rerslan Army#
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