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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [8v] (16/817)
The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 7 Sep 1938-1 Jan 1946. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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middle of Aban. The workshop is now fairly well caught up on battery work for
l. O. Pool trucks, Government cars, Embassy automobiles, and vehicles belonging
to other ministries, and it is hoped that it will soon be possible to accept work
for other clients on a CO.D. basis.
The radiators on all ford automobiles and trucks in the country are in deplor
able condition, and this is responsible in many cases for Ford engine failures. Re
cently the workshop designed a new type “honeycomb” assembly to replace the
standard Ford “tubular’' assembly. This new assembly is being manufactured by the
workshop from sections of old Dodge l.G. truck radiators.
When the department of Government-owned vehicles was taken over in March,
the front ends of all Government-owned vertical sprung automobiles (such as
Chrysler and General Motors products) were in very poor condition. Due to faulty
alignment, tire wear on these cars was several times normal expectancy, and seve
ral Cars were in such dangerous condition that wrecks resulted. The front ends of
56 of these vehicles have already been rebuilt. Most of the parts used in the re
building, some of which are extremely intricate, were made in the workshop itself.
The labor situation in the workshop has been much impioved. Personnel ab
senteeism which was running about 30 per cent under the previous management,
has been reduced to less than 5 per cent. Since 15Tir (6 July) the workshop’s own
doctor has been in daily attendance, treating those suffering from illness and from
the results of accidents By close supervision and the elimination of working hazards
and dangerous practices, accidents and minor injuries, which ran high at first, have
been reduced to a minimum.
A small restaurant is maintained, where the workmen can obtain their noon
meal at controlled prices. The doctor inspects the food and water, and the quality
of the food is steadily improving. It is planned to enlarge these facilities at an early
date.
A store has been set up, where foodstuffs confiscated by the Road Transport
Administration are sold to employees, and efforts are being made to obtain a supply
of rationed products from the Distribution Section. This is an important service, as
the working schedule of the workshop makes it impossible for employees to obtain
rationed goods in their own neighborhoods.
A combination saw, wood-boring and shaper machine has been designed and
built for the carpenter shop. This machine has only recently been put into use and
will more than triple the carpenter shop’s production.
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Papers reporting on the financial situation in Iran, sent by staff at the British Legation at Tehran (Horace James Seymour; Reader William Bullard) to the Foreign Office, London. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/3 ‘Persia. Financial situation’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3394).
The file includes:
- Covering letters enclosing copies of the monthly Bulletin , produced by the Bank Melli Iran (also referred to as the Mellié Iran Bank, and Banque Mellié Iran). The copies of Bulletin are not included in the file (although some front covers do survive), however the covering letters give short summaries of their lead articles.
- Details and estimates for Iran’s annual budgets, with numerous statistical tables.
- Correspondence dated December 1939 to February 1940 relating to irrevocable documentary confirmed credits (irrevocable letters of credit) opened by Bank Melli Iran through banks in India (ff 356-361).
- Copies of laws passed by the Iranian Parliament, including a law relating to war credits and treasury bills (in French, f 334), a Law for the Prevention of Hoarding (ff 325-329) and an Income Tax Law (ff 262-271).
- Correspondence and budget reports dated 1943-1944, produced during the takeover of the administration of Iran’s Finance Ministry by a mission from the United States, led by Arthur Chester Millspaugh.
At the front of the file (ff 4-200) are fourteen monthly reports of the Administrator General of the Finances of Iran (Millspaugh), produced according to the Solar Hijri calender, and dating from Ordibehesht 1322 (equivalent to the Gregorian calendar date of 22 April to 22 May 1943) to Mehr 1323 (23 September to 22 October 1944). The reports, which also contain lists of staff of the Iranian Ministry of Finance and its connected organisations, summarise Iranian finances. Many of the reports contain a map of Iran (for example, folio 185), showing borders, roads and railways, major towns and cities, and districts, which are numbered 1 to 10.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (407 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The file’s correspondence begins at folio 202 and ends at folio 407. Printed reports occupy the front portion of the file (with an enclosing note, ff 4-201), and are also arranged in reverse chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 408; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3396
- Title
- Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’
- Pages
- 56r:67v, 38r:55v, 26r:37v, 16r:25v, 4r:15v
- Author
- Millspaugh, Arthur Chester
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