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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [6v] (12/817)
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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Quotas and Licensing
The Foreign Trade Control Division made progress during the month in fi!l-0
ing outstanding quota balances, notably in the items of paper, food, chemicals,
rayon-yarn, window-glass, and pharmaceuticals.
The situation regarding quotas and imports is far better than it was a year
ago. But it should be borne in mind that a substantia) increase of imports, or any
increase at all, may not be possible this year. For some items, no suitable appli
cations are made. Moreover, the existence of a falling or , uncertain market may
temporarily discourage imports.
Distribution of Monopoly Goods
At the beginning of Mehr stocks of sugar in the country totalled 11,436 tons,
and shipments amounting to 8,000 tons were received during the month. Orders
issued for delivery to distribution points amounted to 6,306 tons.
Foreign tea stocks at the beginning cf the month are reported as 6,^09 tons.
We received during the month 87o tons, and delivery orders were issued for 612
tons.
Piece-goods on hand at the beginning of Mehr amounted to about 9,993
bales. During the month, delivery orders were issued for ‘^00 bales.
Distribution in the provinces during the month of Mchr has been satisfactory.
While we do not have complete information, we shall review briefly the activities
of each Ostan so as to give an over-all picture of these improved conditions. Every
endeavor is being made to expedite distribution of goods.
Reports from Ostan i show that during Mehr 843 bags of tea and 84 bags of
sugar were despatched to outlying districts to complete the 3rd program, and 2,74i
bags of sugar were shipped against the 4th program.
During Mehr 150 bales of piece-goods, nearly 72 tons of tea and more than 682
tons of sugar were distributed in the outlying areas of Ostan 2. In Tehran distribu
tion for the months of Mehr and Aban is to be made during Aban. Complaints
concerning distribution in this province have subsided almost entirely.
Unsettled conditions in portions of Azerbaijan continue to hamper or
derly process of distribution, particulaty in the Reza«eh area. The situation in
parts of Ostans 3 and 4 has been so serious that employees were unable to dis
charge their duties. A report has been submitted to the Ministry of Interior, and the
assistance of that Ministry has been requested in restoring order. One and one half
kilos of sugar and 150 grams of tea are being distributed to each person,
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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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