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Sbporttm than the fast that tribes had acquired nearly a
good fdflte and amunition
“ ip-o- tht Allied point of vlea there sue au obviousdunger
l Gent* agents. three wore of whom were dropped by parachute
t thla tiae, would direct the rebels against the oilfield* aud
railway I aad If the general course of the *ar had not, Ourlng
* •afftter.taken a decided turn for the better, they nxght well
ire wueoofdtd. as It was, the security of the 7hiehlrc-i*f*han
MA had netted to be a natter of primary importance because of
Mdeolalon taken so^e tine before to done down Kuwhirs an u
Crt of entry for leas* lend traffic, and when the incident
Starred only about 660 trucks regained to be cleared, >’rc«n this
Sit on, the wsintainonce of security in Var* b«o«Me of lose ixsport-
lll ^an the ospture of the Oewmne who, it wan reared, nl^htbe
to make uae of dissident tribesmen to oocvult sabot**® outoM#
Cprorlnoe,
Confronted with a difficult situation, the Iranian authorities
Wltd to take either a oourageous or consistent lino, Ghshbakhtl,
C lift Ohirei on July 10th, waa reliese<7 of* hi* outlet and, In
B first flush of determination that coJie thing wool be done,
Bl* ul hulk who, H,V?. Consul thought at the tine would bo the best
£ for the Job, vae appointed Governor tfener«tl« The ld«* was
kit h# should be given extensive powers and the full support or
* Oort,, have, aa hla e.illt*ry ooaajutor, a general who would
rk under hie orders, and follow fcbe s policy of rallying neutral
friendly tribes in preparation for the day whoa -he XrwAltt*
gy might he able to take the field again. As It turned out,
jtever, ;jaeofi was not given adevpmte power*, there vau conoid*r-
Is delay la giving hiis mlninun powers and credit* needed, a
long party both inside ar»d outside the Govt, lntrl^u^d against
H from the first, aad CHnerul Jehar.bani, aha r*u appointed to
i Bill Wry command, aoon shoved u disposition* to oot on his
a and take orders from quarters iu V eh ran where -'«**&& v?at» wot
Valor.
Louring tbs lnteiYol between the retirement of 3habbrkhti froa
0 ***** and viawaa'a ceeunytion of offloe, the breach between
« latter and hla opponents was widened by the unexpected inter-
ptlon of a peace offer from the <.*ehgal, flaeir **• probably
Aloes to take advantage of his present strength before ;awsm
hid organise opposition, end he ^uo perfcupo afraid that the
■iron incident had pushed his further sgaintc the Oort, than
bad intended to go or than ass advise’)!* after the Allied vlo-
vles. At any rate, through the mediation of Cortex* .'iuli Khan
khtlarl, proposals for a ir.eeting «;erc put forward.
It va* at this Juncture that the delaytu ynvlr.g oredtto
I* poors re to enable Md to proceed to Ihiraa, woe responsible
tf^the first of the lnolients which eventually made ooop*ration
litee* hla ojv^ the alii Wry iupousible, Jehsnbanl arrived in
pr*w cm August-” 7 th. .vaa on the spot when the arrange.?"*!iIt for
Beating with the .'csh£fti were under (iisoueoictt, and attended the
Mtlnj at Aivtlltr (thirch miles or so weal of Aba-Job) on AujfWtllt
ttln ^ewen, who had not teen consulted cn the gutter, was on hit
w AHlrat, where h> arrived on Aicguoi i*th, *1reedy ctrcajly
NJudlovd against the /eralau uilitary, ..awaa found ground fur
lyther ausplolon in this wee ting, arranged without hie Icing
jMclted, and on August 13th, l:.* .Consul rwportea that hio distrust
f Jehonbaui was growing.
** ***** ®o«tlng (which was Attended by l ortega, .'-awir
M ihosiw/, Jehanbanl and Cclontl Robert} a vague basis for agree-
^• _**• 2-hoero* sent with Jelmnbanl to Tehran to
nefcotietione* with the Iranian Oovt. he remained
•f* uitll the beginning of 3eptejr:brr, and It wa* not until bept.dtb.
At We Oovemor General was inforuod or whet took place. Thla
vented to very little, Khosroe actually signed an undertahlog
Otmans in tQahgal territory, but for the M»t,
s^* forward^only apeoloua /ro^osala to which no official reply
I?f ^ j J given by the / riwe . inieter. In the ueaAKltftSi
talAg hi been done to put into practice shut was supposed to be
(the beoond part. • • •