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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [7v] (14/817)
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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supply of monopoly goods for dislribulion. To remedy this, during Mehr 134 tons
of tea were shipped to the Ostan, while delivery orders for 1,900 tons of sugar
from Zahedan and about 78 tons from the Abkooh
factory
An East India Company trading post.
were issued. Confusion
over prices, now removed, appeared to be the cause of delay in piece-goods dis
tribution. With adequate stocks of all monopoly goods now on hand, improve
ment in distribution in Ostan 9 seems certain.
Distribution in Ostan 10 had been reported to have been impeded by inade
quate supply, and during Mehr special efforts were rmde to expedite shipments
to that area. Reports of satisfactory diatrioution during Mehr attest to the success
of these efforts. A special telegram of appreciation was received from the Chief
of the Bakhtiaries on behalf of some 60,000 trioesmen. During the month, 2,000
bags of tea and 1,000 bales of piece-goods were shipped to Ostan i0, and a rela
tively satisfactory stock position was reported as of the close of Mehr.
Special attention has been given to the problem of railway workers and their
families, and three representatives from Tehran were despatched along the railway
lines to determine quotas and make preliminary arrangements for distribution. Two
of these representatives have completed their assignments and the third one is
expected to return shortly.
In Tehran we have so far distributed 637,000 new ration bocks. Arrangements
for issuance of the rest of the ration books are almost completed, and localities for
distribution have been established. Announcement to the public will be made very
shortly.
About 500 of the 1,346 suburban villages have been canvassed to date, and the
remainder should be completed within 6 weeks. In Ostan 1 a representative from
Tehran has been assisting local government officials in the registration and work
of coupon distribution, and the work is well on its way to completion. In Ostan,
2, outside the Tehran area mentioned above, a special representative was sent to
Qum, and general progress can be reported. Under the leadership of a new Di-
lector of Finance for Azerbaijan the interruption in registration and the issuance
of coupons in Ostans o and 4 has been ended, and work is once more under way.
Registration and coupon distribution are reported substantially complete in Ostans
5 and 6. While registration is being carried out in Ostans 7 and 8, no distribution
of ration coupons has as yet been made.
In Tehran the operation of the Ferooshgah has been stopped, and liquidation
of staff, accounts and inventories is nearly finished. Some 26 Governm nt stores
are being opened for distribution of piece-goods. Availability of piece-goods cou-
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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.
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- 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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