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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [62r] (123/817)
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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The Foreign Trade Control Division* now directly responsible to me.
will continue to exercise a general coordination of requirements and to issue
transport licenses and import permits.
The Rents Division is also made directly responsible to me.
It is expected that this new set-up, by concentrating and fixing respon
sibility, will eliminate jurisdictional conflicts and speed up operations.
With respect to the overall supervision* of economic activities, especially
those relating to the supplies of essential commodities, a proposal has been
made to the Government for the establishment of a Central Committee, in
which the Iranian Government will be represented by a responsible minister
or ministers.
Action was also taken more than a month ago to centralize and accel
erate the preparation of information for the Minister of Finance, the Govern
ment, the deputies of the Majless, and the press, so that the responsible au
thorities maybe kept currently fully inforiued of the situation.
Distribution of Monopoly Geode
During the first three months of 132 3 substantial progress has been
made in the distribution of sugar, tea and cotton piece-goods, both in Tehran
and in the provinces. For example, during Farvardin, 818 bales of piece-goods
were shipped from Tehran to the provinces; during Ordibehesht, 1,562 bales;
and during Khordad, 4,519 bales. In Tehran, attheend of Khordad, approx
imately 625,000 persons had received their piece-goods rations. It is expected
at the end of Tir that distribution of piece-goods in Tehran will have been
completed for the first quarter Reports from Meshed, Shiraz, Isfahan, Ahwaz
and Kermanshah indicate that the distribution of monopoly gouds is pro
ceeding more extensively, not only in the towns, but also in the villages and
among the tribesmen. Complaints of non-distribution have markedly de
creased; and, instead, we are receiving from all sections reports of actual distri
bution to the people.
I expect in my next report to present fuller and more detailed informa
tion. Up to this time, the efforts of the Distribution Section have been con
centrated on getting the goods out to the distribution centers. From now on,
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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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