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unless they are covered by a permit issued by the proper authorities. Goods
illicitly carried may be confiscated and the owner of the vehicle may be required
to pay a fine or to suffer the confiscation of his vehicle. Lorry owners who refuse
to carry goods for whose transport proper authority has been given may likewise
have their vehicles confiscated. The sale of petrol or lubricants is forbidden to
any motor vehicle whose load is not covered by the authorised permits. ~
Persian Forces.
A rmy.
6 . In Summary No. 44 / 43 , paragraph 9 , it was reported that relations were
strained between the Shah and the Minister for War, who was threatening to
resign. The Shah, possibly because he realised that the British Legation would
not at present welcome the resignation of the Minister, has yielded on the main
point at issue, which was whether papers presented by the Minister to the Shah
should be subject to scrutiny by the Chief of the Shah’s Military Secretariat,
General Razmara, before return to the Minister. The Shah has agreed not to
insist on this and that regulations should be drafted by the Ministry for M ar to
define the duties and responsibilities of his Military Secretariat. These will
probably be on the Belgian model. It seems that the Shah has decided that for the
time being he will not force the issue between himself and the Ministry of War
for control of the army.
A ppointments—Mill tary.
7. Army. —(i) Sarhang Ehtisabian to be Head of the 1 st Bureau. General
Staff. .
(ii) Sarhang Ghulam Reza Shahin to be Head of the 3rd Bureau. General
Staff.
(iii) Sarhang Saqafi to be Head of the General Staff Secretariat.
Police, —(i v ) Colonel Abdullah Saif to be Director-General of Police.
The following officers have retired :—
Sartips.
Abdul Hussein Ghaffari (M.A. 96).
Muhammad Nakchevan.
Mustafa Asa (M.A. 39).
Sarhang s.
Jallal-ul-din Nikkah.
Jallal Khaz.
Rashid Aslani.
Yusaf Sipahpur.
Rohullah Vakshpur.
R ussian A ffairs.
8 . The Minister for War, who a short time ago was reproached by the Soviet
Charge d’Affaires with being unfriendly to Russian interests and hostile to
Persians who co-operated with the Soviet, states that in a recent interview he
found M. Maximov in much more friendly mood. The latter went so far as to
say that he had done the Minister an injustice in accusing him of unfriendliness,
and he promised to intervene with the Soviet military authorities for the return
to the Persian army of some of the barracks occupied by Soviet troops in Meshed.
Tehran, 8th November, 1943.