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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [94v] (188/817)
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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effectively with the Movements Office of the Section of Price Stabilization
in connection with the railway transport of government and ( ivil goods
from Southern ports to lehran. The statistics of this operation have been
reported by the Section of Price Stabilization, but the effects of it ha\ ( not
received much attention, from the C ustoms point of view it lias lesulted
in clearing up a condition of congestion in the warehouses of the Southern
customs and the release of a large volume of goods which had remained
static for many months, dhis movement has had a definitely favorable effect
on the prices of commodities in 1 ehran, including substantial!v lower prices
for a number of important commodities.
Although not a normal customs operation, mention should be made
that the Customs Administration has supervised the assembly of a shipment
of Dodge trucks at Ahwaz, and has actively participated in the search for
a part of the shipment which become lost during the last year. In conse
quence, most of the missing parts have been located and shipped to Tehran,
where the work of assembly is expected to be completed in the near future.
The thirty trucks assembled at Ahwaz are in operation, and it is expected
that at least thirty more will be completed from the original shipment of
eighty-six.
In consequence of the relatively small volume of total foreign trade
during the past two years, some of the ( ustoms warehouses have been emp
ty, and others have not been used to capacity, although at some places
storage space has been inadequate. In such circumstances it is only proper
that the Customs Administration should have cooperated to satisfy other
urgent demands, such as those of the former Ministry of Food for space for
the central bakery, those of the Ministry of War for storage of grain, and
those of the foreign military authorities for assistance in the temporary sto
rage and protection of some of the goods being sent in transit through Iran
to the Soviet Union. Many problems have been presented, and some friction
has occurred as a result of the suddenness and urgency of some of these
demands. Although some of the details remain to be worked out, almost
all of the difficulties have been removed, and the situation at the present
time is not far from being entirely satisfactory, taking in view the circums
tances.
I he warehouses at khorramshahr which were taken last year by the
military authorities to assist in the protection of perishable goods during
the rainy season have been returned to Customs use, and in consequence
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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
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- Bank Melli Iran
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