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Khorassan.
14- Fighting is reported between rival sections of the Zafaranlu Kurds of
Kuchan.
Turkish Affairs.
15. The Minister for War reports that he has information that a secret
society has been formed in Azerbaijan to encourage a, movement for secession to
I urkey, the argument being that, since Persia is unable to save Azerbaijan from
bolshevism, Turkish protection must be sought. Apart from the fact that the
Persian Government maintains an expensive intelligence organisation which has
to justify its existence, the Minister for War is not above inventing bogies.
16. The Turkish Government has offered 500,000 doses of small-pox vaccine
to Persia.
American Affairs.
17. An American, Mr. Harold Allen, an expert in agriculture and rural
development, has arrived for service with the Persian Government.
Russian Affairs.
18. The Soviet Consulate in Ahwaz has opened a shop in the town for the
display and sale of their propaganda material.
Tehran, 21s£ June, 1943.
Appendix.
Extracts from Director-General of Finance's Regulation No. 8 . dated ‘lOth June,
1943.
Article 1.
UNTIL such time as the regulations relating to the fixing of prices and
rationing are issued and Government retail shops are opened, no merchant or other
person, who has in his possession, for sale or in excess of his personal require
ments, car or lorry spare parts, tools or tyres (whether inner tubes or outer covers),
may sell them except in the two following ways : —
(a) To actual users or consumers; that is to say, to persons who will at once
bring the article in question into use on his car or lorry.
(h) To the Price Stabilisation Section of the Ministry of Finance. After the
5 th July, 1943, no equipment of this sort nor petrol will be sold to cars
to which a licence to run has not been affixed.
Article 2.
By the 5 th July, 1943, every merchant, whether wholesale or retail, and other
person, who has in his possession, for sale or in excess of his personal require
ments, car or lorry spare parts, tools or tyres (whether inner tubes or outer covers),
must draw up and submit to the Price Stabilisation Section of the Ministry of
Finance a declaration showing the total of these sorts of goods, except for nuts
and screws, the total quantity in stock or the total quantity in excess of personal
requirements, the type and make of each article and the present sale price. In the
case of tyres the name of the maker, the size and the serial number of the tyre must
also be given.
Article 3.
Permits to use motor vehicles will be issued by the Price Stabilisation Section
after the owner has made an application and the vehicle and its equipment have
been examined.
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