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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [9r] (17/817)
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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A sewing machine and upholstery materials have finally been obtained and an
automobile upholstering department put in operation. Several jobs have already been
completed.
After considerable negotiation, a good deal of tool equipment and two electric
welders were obtained from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Command. These have been of great
help, and it was hoped that several other badly needed items might be obtained
from the same source. Unfortunately this is not possible, due to urgent demands
from other war theaters.
A satisfactory agreement was reached with the United Kingdom Commercial
Corporation on the value of tool equipment, irech. ~ cs’ work benches and other
items taken over from them, and these have been paid fo-. The Hercuhs Diesel
Generating Set loaned by the United Kingdom Comr e r cial Corporation at the time
the Road Transport Administration took ove r the shop has been disassembled, and the
engine has been overhauled and returned to them, thus eliminating that liability.
Their generator is being used at present on a mobile power plant designed and
built by the workshop on a wrecked I.G. Dodge chassis. Since the Corporation
does not wish to sell the generator separately, it will be returned to them, as ori
ginally agreed, as soon as replacement equipment arrives from America.
The old Hille Diesel power plant, which was in very bad condition when the
Road Transport Administration took over, has been completely rebuilt and remounted
on the proper base. The engine room has been completely redesigned, and the
switchboards are now being rewired. The Hille Diesel engine is more than twenty
years old, and, since no spare parts are available in this country, it took many tricks
of mechanical magic to put it back in running condition. Even now, it cannot be
considered a dependable source of power.
The lack of compressed air has been one of the m^st difficult problems. The
only suitable equipment in the country was the compressor at the Doshan Tapeh
Machine-Gun Arsenal, which the Iranian Army said could not be spared. An old,
worn-out German compressor was finally obtained from Karedj, but as yet it has
not been possible to rebuild it. Another compressor, also olo and worn-out, was bor
rowed from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. This compressor had previously been
loaned to the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, and it, too, must be com
pletely rebuilt before it can be used.
On 8 Mehr 1323 (30 September 1944) the workshop took C'^er from the Tire
Department the issuing of all tires for I.G. Pool trucks, including the tire matching
work, which has recently been lagging. The workshop will socn take over the
issuing of all tires for Government automobiles.
Since the workshop took over the inspection work, 301 buses have been in-
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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