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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [80v] (160/817)
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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problems which had impeded administration. Progress has been made in
the installation of new procedures; a central inquiry office has been esta
blished; the Heemployment Commission has been incorporated in the ^
Personnel Administration; and a new Civil Service Law has been drafted.
Government Supplies
When we came to Iran, the administration of government supplies
was scattered; and, in this field, waste and corruption were matters of
common knowledge. We proposed, and the Council ol Ministers approved,
the establishment of a State General Supply Corporation, in which procure
ment, custody, and distribution are centralized. 1 o this Corporation, various
agencies have been transferred, including the Construction Department
of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. 1 his Corporation now
is responsible for the procurement of supplies, the control of the Govern
ments movable properties, the custody and disposal of surplus proper
ties, the construction and repair of government buildings, the renting of
buildings, and the allocation of space.
Substantial economies will result Irom this centralization ol activi
ties and responsibilities. Under its Director-General Mr. Hansen, the ( or-
poration is now well organized, and efficient procedures have been estab
lished. During the past month, total purchases amounted to Ills. 7,026,(>41,
and purchase orders numbered 170. As an example of the present activi
ties of the Corporation, it may be added that, during the month of I'ar-
vardin, the Corporation recovered 888 pieces of office furniture and equipment,
delivered to using agencies 388 pieces of such recovered goods, and
repaired 179 pieces of recovered furniture.
W hen we came to Iran, quantities of valuable material belonging to
the Government, including machinery and structual iron and timber, were
lying in various warehouses and yards throughout the country. This mater
ial was being stolen and, to a serious extent, was in process of deteriora
tion. Some progress has been made in getting control of this exceedingly
valuable property and putting it to use. I his task, however, has been one
of very great difficulty; and we have not received in all cases the needed
cooperation from the departments which had this property in their posses
sion.
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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
- 187r:200v, 176r:186v, 162r:175v, 149r:161v, 138r:148v, 126r:137v, 109r:125v, 84r:108v, 68r:83v
- Author
- Bank Melli Iran
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