Ext 5000/41(6) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS' [‎242v] (484/920)

(a) .guaranteed supply of currency, rigorous
enforcemeKt ‘of anti-'icarding legislation, an effective .
system of price fixing, control of the press, and security;
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(b)to enable the Government to honour its engagements
under (a) we shall expect the Government to obtain
emergency powers from the Majlis for the Council of
Ministers for a year or 6 months on the lines of our own
v \ Emergency .Powers Act and, if thought necessary and desirable,
' ’ leaVihl 4hb-Majlis in being for debate but without pepwer
to reject any measures introduced by decree of Council
under its emergency powers;
(c) wo may call upon the Prime Minister at any time to
modify the,composition of his Cabinet so as to rid it of
unco-dporative elements and to include Ministers (military
officers if necessary) recommended by us.
4. Only if the Prime Minister is prepared to,accept
conditions in third paragraph above should ho be given
concession contained in the proposed xood declaration.
5 . I fully realise that this line -of action may
load to the fall of the Government but.I feel the
situation has now deteriorated to a point where it
measures of this kind arc not taken we may be faced with •
guns and political chaos. I am of course considering,> .
comnosition of alternative Governments and I have not
overlooked the possibility that it may be necessary to use
force either to maintain supply of currency or as a result
of action by Commander-in-Cniof out of purely military
considerations (reference to his telegram C.S./yocni ox
November 4th to Troopers;.
6 . I shall keep my Soviet colleague informed.
[(1) Repeated to Kuibyshev No.1514 and to Washington
• No.6850]
[(2) Copies sent to Mr, Armstrong]