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Military Attache’s Intelligence Summary No. 15, Secret, for the Period §th April
to 15th April, 1945.— (Communicated in Tehran Despatch No. 117 of
\§th April; Received 23rd April) o *1
Persian Affairs.
1 . The Cabinet has approved the statutes of the Supreme Economic Council.
They are published as Appendix “ A ” to this summary.
2 . The Cabinet has drawn up regulations governing the sale of ‘ £ foreign
goods with special reference to the sale of surplus stores by the Allies and the
collection of customs dues thereon. They are published as Appendix “ B to this
summary.
3 The Minister of Finance has tabled a Bill in the Majlis to govern the
sale of public domains and ceded properties. The text has not yet been published.
4 . The four secretaries of the Majlis have been elected. They are Sadiqi,
Hashimi, Jawad Masudi and Tusi. Thus there has been no change in either the
presidential body or the secretaries of the Majlis. The various Majlis
Commissions for Finance, Interior, Education, Agriculture, Industry and Mines,
Foreign Affairs, Communications, Health, Military Affairs and Posts and
Telegraphs were also elected.
5 . As considerable time may elapse before the budget for 1324 (March
1945-March 1946) is passed, the Majlis has prepared a ££ two-twelfths ” Bill to
cover the period the 21st March-20th May.
6 . Almost every day new names have been announced in the press for the
Persian Government’s selection of representatives for the San Francisco
Conference. Whether Taqizadeh and Ahi have maintained their refusal to go is
not yet confirmed. The latest list of starters from Persia comprises the
following :—
Nasrullah Intezam, Mustafa- Adi (Mansur-us-Saltaneh), Dr. Siyasi,
Salih, Dr. Qasim Ghani, Seyyid Baqir Kazemi; Dr. Qasim Zadeh (legal
adviser to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs) and Fazlullah Nabil (head of
the 3 rd Political Department in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs) will also
accompany the delegation. Sartip Ali Eiazi and Colonel Muarrafi have gone
as military representatives. The Majlis representatives are Dr. Abduh,
Dr. Shafaq and Dr. Itebar. Dr. Ali Akbar Daftari (legal adviser), Ahmad
Ardeshir (counsellor and interpreter), Dr. Suratgar (counsellor and
interpreter), Muazzami and Gaudarzi (secretaries) are also said to have been
selected.
7. Muhammad Hussein Jehanbani has resigned from the directorship of the
Road Transport Department. With his previous .record (in the Ministry of
Interior and, for a brief spell, as Chief of Police) of garrulous ineptitude and
bribe taking on a scale sufficient to make even a Persian gasp, he will be no loss
to that body.
Persian Gendarmerie
8 . Colonel Schwarzkopf, American chief adviser to the gendarmerie, left
for the United States on the 5th April to arrange for further purchases of
equipment. He will be absent from Persia for about two months.
Persian Army.
9. The Chief of the General Staff told the British Military Attache that
380 Persian military trucks out of a total of 700 were off the road awaiting repair
or totally unserviceable. Many of these trucks have only been in use for less
than a year and have run negligible mileages. Sartip Atapur’s report discloses
hopeless chaos and widespread peculation. While the repair services are
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