مجموعة ١١/٢٩ "المفوضية البريطانية في طهران: أجور الكتبة وطاقم الخدم؛ تجهيز المقر" [و‎‎٥‎١] (٥٢٥/١٠١)

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British T^ation,
TSH 8 AH,
No. 67 (96/4/41). 19 41 ! 10th ’Jay 1941.
Sir,
With reference to ^oreifrn Office Aeepetch ^ o 1 2F8
(X B635/568/50S) of the nth September, 1939, T have the honour
to etnte that I have received an ©rmlication from the monshies
of this Legation for a honnfl on account of the higher cost of
living resulting from war conditions.
2. I have re-oxanined the question of the local coat of
living and, while I an unable to state the exact extent to
v/hich war conditions are responsible, I am satisfied that the
continued rise in the cost of living since the rate of bonus
for the rmmshies was last fixed has been such as to Justify
the present request. The cost of living index publislied by
the National Bank of Iran, which was 138.4 at the 20th Jarch,
1939 (see paragraph 3 of Sir Horace Seymour 1 s despat ch Fo. 209
of the 22nd June, 1939), had risen to 176.5 at the 19th ^ebru-~
ary, 1941. These published figures, as Bir Horace Seymour
pointed out, are tmllkely to exaggerate the position, and I
can confirm from the case of my private servants, to whom I
have granted a war bonus, that conditions have become consider
ably more difficult for employees whose salary is fixed in
rials.
3. ’Tiile I consider that conditions Justify an increase in
the emoluments of the nunshies, I do not know what is the
attitude of His Majesty T s Oovemmept towards the grant of war
time bonuses. I therefore have the honour to submit the
following three alternative proposals;
(a) That the basic rates of salary of the rnimshies which
at present are;
Hials 1200-1.500
" 900-1200
” 800-1000
3rd
raised to:
1st **unshi
2nd "
w
■Tin shi
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" 1350-1650
" 1050-1360
" * 950-1150
of the rnunshien should enter the new
scale
The Right
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etc., etc. etc.,
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