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husband. In education it demands, besides a fundamental reform of the system,
the introduction of political teaching and freedom from censorship of all kinds.
It lays stress on the necessity for increased industrialisation and for Government
control of economic affairs. Membership of the party is open to all Persian
nationals over the age of 20 who accept the principles of the party, with the
exception of criminals, persons who co-operated with the old regime and members
v 9^ an y 9 tller P art y• Subscriptions vary from 5 rials per month for persons whose
income is 1,000 rials per month to 100 rials for persons whose income is 5,000 rials
per month. Local committees must meet once a fortnight, and a central congress
of members elected from provincial organisations will be held yearly. This
congress will be the supreme authority of the party. Youth organisations are to
be formed, who will be instructed in Tudeh aims and policy.
6. A step forward has been taken towards the execution of the Law of
Compulsory Primary Education, passed by the Majlis in June 1943. A law has
now been passed authorising the expenditure of a credit of 50 million rials on the
increase of teachers’ emoluments, on assistance to existing schools and on the
construction of new schools. Further, the Government is to draft a ten-year plan
for the construction or purchase of buildings for new primary schools in the
capital and the provinces. The Ministry of Education undertakes to co-operate
with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in providing facilities for the
education of workers in factories.
Economic.
7. A representative of the British engineering firm of Sir Alexander Gibbs
and Company has been for some time in Tehran investigating projects for
improving the water supply of Tehran. One of these projects is to bring the water
of the Lar River, which flows into the Caspian, to Tehran by tunnelling a canal
through the watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. . Another, and much less ambitious, project, which is,
however, only a partial solution, is to improve the canal that now brings water
from the Kerej River so as to reduce wastage.
8. The Persian representatives to attend the Trade Conference in America
have left Tehran. They are Dr. Ali Akbar Akhavi, Ahmad Akhavan and
Qazizadeh.
Persian Forces.
9. Two commissions have been formed to enquire into the accounts of the
Ministry for War. One will investigate the accounts for twenty years previous
to August 1941; the other the accounts subsequent to that time." The present
Acting Minister for War and Chief of the General Staff hope thereby to embarrass
senior officers and other rivals who might return to the Shah’s favour and oust
them from their positions.
A appointments — Military.
10. —(i) Sarhang Darakshani, lately Governor-General of Western
Azerbaijan, to command the 3rd (Azerbaijan) Division, vice Sartip Khosrovani,
relieved.
(ii) Sarhang Najaf Quli Abbasi to be deputy Military Governor of Tehran.
Internal Security.
Bakhtiari.
11. It has been decided to enlist 100 Bakhtiari tribesmen into the
gendarmerie for service in Bakhtiari only. They will be armed, clothed and
equipped on the usual gendarmerie scale. The bulk of them will be stationed at
Deh Diz for the control of Bahmai and Taibi raiding; some will be at the service
of the Governor to maintain order in the Bakhtiari tribe.
Kermanshah.
12. Decorations and rewards have been distributed by the Persian military
authorities to the Jawanrudi tribesmen who co-operated in the operations against
the Rashid brothers (see Summary No. 35/44, paragraph 11).
Khuzestan.
13. It is reported that the Sheikhs of the Beni Turuf, when summoned to
surrender their arms, agreed to do so, and that 250 rifles have already been handed
in without it having been necessary for the Persian army to take any forcible
measures.