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following their failure in these electiona TTawob ana Gulahan
thought it idviuiible to patch up their differences with the
Tihiri party an* Ouo*-ted in outwardly frienoly attitude,though
jealo.ie* continued to exist underneath.
In Afc-r Kuh, t.*.e leudina Khan, All Akbar Khan Sordar
(the riche it man in tut .-±r t of the country) died in the
tuc-er of 1S44 le-vin^. behind a large number ox m*le and
female children. Hezi Umed Solar, the next Important man
in the family ana resident of Absdeh (a nephew of the l&te
Ali Afcuar Khsji Ssrdar) made every endeavour to .‘.uccecd the
letter ay "Khan" of Absr Kuh. Jealousy on thi*. issue led
to trouble .a:d the 3overnor oi Yezd had to intervene, The
le-der.i of both y.rties therefore can.e to Yezd in the winter
of 1944, .-.here, through official an- private efforts, their
differences were patched up ;na both parties returned to
Absr Kuh in a satisfied frame of mind.
As a counter mersure to enemy propn.jr-nia through the
radio and other sources, every effort v/ue m»de to enhance
publicity work in tbi- ore* throughout the period unaer
report. Six publicity agencies (honor, ry) in addition to
the exi*tin* 5 Reading Room* in this town And. .other important
pieces, .;er- opened in tne outlying parts of thi* district.
It is evident that ahsse efforts have bean most effective.
For exe:a-:le, the public of Ye ad who, ir. 1942, v/ere openly
hostile (with a few exception--) to the British, voluntarily
offered s sum of half a million Riulu (approximately £ 5000/-)
« z convricuticn to It.^3. ths Viceroy's 7/ar Purposes Funu
in response t: an appeal .fade to them by the Heaa Clerk in
charge*.
Ip the -utuon of IE44, the Soviets o_-sned u trantert
ce..ert.^i*w called "Ir-.'.-aovtr^nj" managed by :* loc-1 Jor*.-Irian,
'f-'-iw wS.,^rtc:sr.t et-.tir.us- to function sacce- .fully between
Yiz-a *.rAu I’orthsrn Per&i X*
Shortly after,., rib > the "Kizb-i-Tuush" was cr0-ir.jed by
.%'cbci Ustu-on ’ a pleader in the loc-1 lav; courts, c.nu
r*..inly g.iited ground. The lcc-1 capitalists, particularly
factory owners, were bitterly hostile to this movement and
-'ale efforts to- eliminate thi- p-rty. Thi*. led to a certain
.mount of c.i»turb nee, but the Kizb-i-Tudeh r.s.:i#red to flourish
os strongly :s ever.
Another im^ortan*. event v;ss the opening of / primary
English classes in Yezd by sa Indian teacher tcwords the clo*e
of the ye*r. Progress hsc not beer, so rapid *s expected,
owin^ to » variety of causes which have been reported
separately.

His KSJesty's Consul,
Kerman.
Kerman.
Doted the 16th Ifarch, 1945.

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