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*Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received December 9.)
(No. 456.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 45 for the period the 20th to
26th November, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 27th November, 1944.
(Secret.)
Enclosure.
Military Attache’s Intelligence Summary No. 45 for the Period 20 th to
20 th November, 1944.
Political.
Persian Affairs.
1. At a secret session of the Majlis on the 20th November Mustafa Quli
Bayat (Saham-us-Sultan) was elected Prime Minister, receiving fifty votes against
forty-five cast for Sadiq Sadiqi (Mushtashar-ud-Dowleh). The latter had pre
viously announced his refusal to stand as a candidate for the premiership, but had
been prevailed upon to withdraw his objections. Samii (Adib-us-Saltaneh) had
also refused to stand for the premiership out of disgust, as some say, at the
intrigues now being carried on by the Russians with their proteges among the
candidates for Cabinet posts, their jackals among the Deputies and their hire
lings among the press. It is more likely that, as a reasonably honest patriot
(although without much force of character) he felt himself incapable, if elected,
of choosing a Cabinet acceptable to himself, the Majlis and the Russians, to say
nothing of the other Allies and the Shah. Bayat was subsequently received in
audience by the Shah and instructed to form his Cabinet. This he has at last
done, and they were due to be presented to the Shah on the 25th November and to
the Majlis on the 26th November.
2. The Cabinet is composed as follows :—
Commerce, Industry and Mines : Kamal Hidayat, Hassan Ali fNasr-ul-
Mulk. (F.O. 107; M.A. 140.) (C).
Minister of State (without portfolio) : Fahimi, Khalil (Fahim-ul-Mulkl
(F.O. 59; M.A. 82.) (B). h
Finance: Ardalan, Amanullah (Haji Izz-ul-Mamalik) (F O 27-
M.A. 33.) (D). ^ ’
Education : Sadiq, Dr. Issa (Sadiq-i-A’lam). (F.O. 192; M.A. 247.) (D)
Justice: Adi Mustafa (Mansur-us-Saltaneh). (F.O. 1; M.A. 1.) (D)
Minister of State (without portfolio) : Siasi, Ali Akbar. (F.O. 216.) (D)
Roads and Communications: Intizam, Nasrullah. (F.O. 92; M.A. 12^ )
Foreign Affairs : Rais, Muhsin. (F.O. 187; M.A. 239.)
War : Zand, Ibrahim. (F.O. 233.) (D)
Health : Malik, Dr. Said (Luqman-ul-Mulk.) (D)
Interior : Sururi, Muhammad. (F.O. 219.) (B)
Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones : Arasteh, Nadir. (F.O. 24; M NJ22k
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