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hi* to supply then with worn on will long bt rcmomborodo

Our Russian allies, though for better behaved, oh<mcd
no dtolro to oooperate and remained inaorutablc and aloof, a
Boat unpleasant incident was narrowly averted when they defied,

the order of the British Vo resent Control not to move a certain
oonroy owing to inseourlty on the road* The Residency qq a
whole heared a sigh of relief when both these bodico took their
departure*

Famine conditions continued to prevail on tho Persian
Coast particularly in the outlying districts* Insecurity In
Tara, particularly on the Bushire Shiraz road, deteriorated and

the inability of the Persian Government to deal with Hasir Khan
qashqai might have resulted in his oompleta mastery over Fare
had the tide of the success in the war in Europe not turned so
strongly in favour of the Allies* In Bu shirs itself the closing

down in August af the Truok Assembly unit of the U?K.C.C. threw
large numbers of local labourers out of employment, many of vhcoa
enigrated to the Khorramehahr area, where work offered*

Much embarrassment was caused by the institution of
Consular Liaison Officers for the supply of oereals* In 1941
ay locum tenens had stated that this work would be conducted by
this Residency Itself, but the communication was overlooked and

the area apparently attaohed to Shiraz* . Before the situation
could be regularised, (and it was never clear at any time what
the flections of consular or oonsular liaison officers In the

ttsr of osreals actually wars,) It wae found that this offlesr
had granted a number of oontraots for areas whl<fc did not exist
to aen who had no grain, and it e not eurpriaing under 1he

eiroi tanoee that one of the contractors, a pronlncat Shirazi
of the name of. HI shunt al Van all k (ifco had aoosptsd a contract
purely as a speculation) produced no sore than of hie total

contract of 8000 tone* indeed but for the aeoistanoe of a local
landowner, fathullah Xhan, the town of Bushire would have starved.