Page 236 - PERSIAN 9 1941_1947

9.
There irere nany other chanson during the year- hut It In
c.ily nnccconry to r.ontlcn hare that Ismail <;awnnl (Furrough ul
rjlk) remained Ohtor of Volice, and oarhang EhoarosdnA remained
tQad of the Gendarsieris,
/iPL?-r ^niAr? ir-LATicrn.

On arrival In hhira* In February, fjipnhbod fihnhbakhtl,
irpnrently aotlng on orders from i'ehr*n, made It Vjioun to hln
officers that Intercourse with the britlah would be frowned on,
and while he rnftafrned -M officers of the UrlMoh J.lalson
llsnlon experienced a one difficulty i:i their porscnvl relation-
ihlpe *.rlt-h e'eroian officers. Ctherwioo, the i er&Ian authorities
s?re friendly, and ?rltiah and . croian civilIona nixed together
no re than usual, .hen -jit/an ul r'ulk ard General «"«hanb^r»i
ir.pe*-rod on the ocene in /.u;runt, the 3ant r'fltrelnto were swept
tjay, and. for the re:*;oindc«r of the year military fcnd civilian
relationships were very cordial,
Cn fiept. 28rd. the Minister of 7ar, who wan vlaitint: fhlrns,
tnd (Yeuerul Jeh&ribanl, gave a tic- reception In celebration of
iercia’o declaration of war against. f-errr.nny.
r.... »T AT? F^I.T-v;' H TV!ry.
Turing the whole of the year, the people of ray-s were pre-
c ecu plod vith their own troubles, an^ those, rather than any
euloide events, set the tens of public opinion, -Mle the
c-nvicticB steadily p;rcw that the defect of dcrv.nr.y woo only h
c;;estlca cf time, the Allies, sr.-.i In particular ilrrat Britain.,
continued to he blci.-.ed for the troubles cf 'ho country. A record
tsrveot, and the r.toccrailcr. cf a certain ;?a\;rse cf security
ir the count:7sIds in the autumn, together with hoyea cf ur. early
f*>ccerooir-'i.yeil by :h.o Allied victories, did hr.».ev,-r do norv»-
tMng to Bake the people better -Jicpceec: tou:r-is the «n*J of the
year.
'’'here was no indication, at the end of the year, that the
yoo.lc cf f.Mras had learnt any lessen froa the cufferluf/s they
had Veen through. These ccrlo so e:»oily be attributed to the war
la general and the Allied occupation in particular, that it secr.s
to bare occurred to to cr.e that there sight ba tows thing wrong
with a social und. economic oyster; rhich tad failed to r.ttt.v! up
to the shocks adnir Veto rod to it. Instead of a determination
to refom end improve when the chonc* coves, there vua only «
cplrit of helplcconcuc, coloured by the ho-.ii that the Allies
ccula oca thorn-through; * and, on the part, of a groflaj number,
• vagus nc«ttlrio for the good old dbys cf Fees bhah chich, as
tire pcccco, t z.1:q on a more rosy hue. Iran’a A relaxation of war
rr.cec£ olfiont unnoticed In hhlrax and the declaration rogr.rdir.g
I*8 independence nods ut the Tehran conference, r.ads a
cfrcr.ger Inpreaclcn cn a people ufce regard their freedom as
renting, not cn a date mins tier, to preserve it thorns* iv/va, hut
Cs th* charity or oelf-lntorcat of the great por;ers. It cannot
cold, houever, that Fuccia's participation in tbs declaration
Jltegpthe? diepollcd the traditional foop of that country, «nd
hjocophobis, though veakonsd, ntlll remained strong,
Xubllo delations section of Consulate, which was opened
tt tin end of !Cd3, regained la o;«ruticn all through 1343* and
pt blth cn lr.creecing noecuro of cucccoa, This cv.cecno is,
pjcvor, rnoro prcbcbly to bo regardod aa cn inAlcotf.cn cr the vay
* ? vrlr.5 irC3 blcv;lr.g, thm ca tin fruit cf the prcr/"jtnc'u efforts
c •*:r/j;rAf end thcro lo r.3 evidence .that britioh pro a:: ’ v/Ja In
: -3 did frrjch to bring public eplr.lcn ever to the allied aids,
J!cverthclccfi, the Eoadtng Tccn end the publicity nstcplal
trt/.utcd eld uccful cc:h In providing o foc*:o fer /h^-co cho
J alrof-dy well dlopoeedf and no doubt helped the Xuttcr to
(oprct-J <r.cr.^, • • •

*