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tcrards him troro lio to fall again Into niolr hands, on
that ho \70 3 l ns lined to wait rnd r.oo how events In the
Gaucr.nv.3 wore coins to turn# TV/ r\q end of ♦ho year
Waolr Khan w-.-o otlll "cocking a cnoolc” at ♦ho Pornlan
Govemricnt and refusing oil assurances.
OIvT^Mj POLITICAL rmTATrofl #
13. ■too development of the International ovent.* In
August and September which lod to ♦ho dopnrture of Itoen
Shah Pehlovl frc.1 Varan and hla abdication and ovontual
departure from Persia caused In offoot comparatively
noderate reactions In Shirag*
14. Tn mid August somewhat half hearted effort* wore
net do by tho III 11 lory authorities of fhIras to corsnandecr
motor and other transport for the despatch of troops -
mostly half baked conscripts end reservists - towards
IQiusistan to "rcpol $ho British Invader"*
15* mien tho non 3 readied Shlras that hen till ties had
begun at nicrrur.xh.ehr and Ahrr.a end at tho Oil Kofineries
tho town renal nod quiet* British subjects vz?* not
nolec^cd In any way end there was no interference with
Ills !’ajcrty,n Conrulnto. nio general wish v/na ’father
to ♦ho thought that tho British would turn dut tho or.lnfc-
tug regime end either taka over tho ach.ilnr.itratioii or
establish one under ♦heir o~n control, nio quick to ml na­
tion of hostilities Kn^sxas.hrilh-j'S caused universal satis­
faction*

15. On September 9th car Mel lavr was proclaimed in tho
town end a ton O'clock curfew tofcreed, but until the
end of tho year there ucro no signs of any disturbances.
ECOBTjMC CQ^DT^OrS.
17* Owing to poor rainfall tho harvests proved consider
©ably bole ? average. ft Ic not poaslblo to give any
reliable figures of ukat wheat was colloctcd who rear. t.ha
harvest of ??h. t In tho hi her regions of lYr? r:ny be
said * o have ‘ con fair .th .i three of tho southern and
hotter region's w ore almost a total failure.
10. Consequently by the end of October tVic wheat
offluaticn In * 'Iras tern b“ear.:o acuta. Cn h’ov.v.brr clochs
in tho fcc.v-nlc Ecpartront,s gc-dc-. • l rcre down to a
dr.y^ r-upi-ly until very wolcor.o consignment 3 cf wheat
fren India began to arrive and thus tho situation was
saved.
19. ^h© sugar beet crop t?a* only one half of ♦hat for
tho previous y.ar and supplies of local rugar ran very
lew. Here too ♦ho rl^mMon was restored by ♦ho ♦!» nly
arrival at the end of ♦ho yoar cf oitgnr from Java and
India. A r'-.Mr i cf cno kilejrair *.e per k.'ad-par r.;ensci:i
was Introduced teJ at »he and ox" Doeonbor.
20. rrlcec of all cc vodlt-ioa began to .rlao steadily
from tlio beginning of ♦ho year and hy Doer: her had
l no recced liir.r iy c.'^j by over 100;.'. Cn tho cnr.o of
tmportod g "ds ca. ..lien f piece goods,clothes,fruga and
paper boerme senroo on ♦he market. Import* practically
ooosed.
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