مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎٣‎٥‎٣] (٧٥١/٧٠٨)

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^u-bmittiry tiisii? uai - ^i n fastnisses/an^^setf f' ^
down to guerilla warfare, passing tiie ^yrsian Career, y *//
with their communications and supplies. The. j^oad from SANANDA! to
hfibKiS made very slow progress through difficult country and supply
problems were acute for the comparatively large Persian forces . 1 .uv 0 .<xM
estimated at 10,000 or even 12,000 men. The trieesmen obviously
intended to hold out until the end of summer made communications
impossible and forced the Persian ^rmy to retire. On «.ugust 24tli
Brigadier Husnmand ^fshar invited three influential Sanandajis co ^
headquarters at riezab and tried to send them out to negotiate peace
terms with the rebels but they were afraid to venture into the wilds
and the tribesmen could not be induced to come down and talk so the
projected negotiations could not take place. The attampt however
shows that the Brigadier is not happy about the outlook and would b<-
glad to get out of the impasse if he could find a way.
AGRICULTURE and SUPPLIES •
17. Wheat continues plentiful and a further fall in pri-a 5
expected. No further distributions of Government sugar and tea 1 . /e
taken place. Government cloth has not been distributed for many :ontn*.
ECONOMIC and COMMERCIAL:
18 . At first, the end of the war produced no appreciable
change in the bazaar, but gradually prices began to weaken^ £Tligh J ly
On the v;hole business was dull, in spite of a continued fair denerfit
on Tehran and Isfahan for piece goods. Bazaar rates of interest
remained unchanged at 12 $ to 18$,
Retail prices were:-
Roghan per man (3 kilos,Rls 245
Potatoes ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ,,,,,,»•*•«• ,.»• lG
Peas M " ,, 21
Beans M " 15
Wheat ,l kharvar (300 kilos)... 785
Barley " 11 400
Mutton n man 80
BRITISH INIERSTS:
19. On ^ugust 3rd Mr Hirst of Messrs. Kermanshah Petrolein*
Co. and Mr niggitt of Messrs. Khanaqin Oil Co, while out on a hill-
climbing picnic were held up oy brigands in the hills just north oi
the Kermanshah/Sanadaj road 25 miles out from Kermanshah and relieve^
of their money, watfbhes and personal effects. They were not deprive^
of their clothes however and were given tea and allowed to eat the
food they had brought with them. Towards sunset they v/ere allowed
return to their waiting car and hastened back to Kermanshah to irhl vw
the authorities. The following day the O.C. Gendarmerie, Colonel
Kemal, went out to the scene of che hold-up with a force of 50
gendarmes but no trace of the brigands could be found. Enquiries vi<-14-
continued however through the headmen of neighbouring villages and
eventually most of the articles were recovered thxough the brigan.
have never been apprehended.
20. On the night of lst/2nd August, 3,000 yds. of copper
telenhone wire v/ere stolen from the main line of communication ^
Kermanshah and Bisitun. On the night of August 14th/l5th a furt e:
150 yds. were stolen at KERIND.
21. Mr Mirochine, the new Soviet Consul at Kermanshah, arifi/#^
from Tehran on c.ugust 1 st and took charge of his post. Formerly Sovi-cf-
Consul in Ahwaz, he had spent some time in Tehran resting*and recov***^/
from the heat of Khuzistan before coming on to Kermanshah. He left «
the end of ^ugust to bring his family from Tehran to Kermanshah.
British Consulate,
KERMANSHaH, (Sd) A.W. Davis.
26th September, 1945. (Distribution as for previous Diaries).