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19
November 29, 1945.
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Section i.
Copy No. 134
Military Attaches Intelligence Summary No. 44, Secret, for the Period
V2th hovemher to \%th November, 1945.— {Communicated in Tehran
Despatch No. 402 of l$th November; received 2%th November)
Political—The Majlis Persian Affairs.
THk session of the 11th November was mostly taken up by one of
Dr. Musaddiq s long-winded orations in which he attacked Mahmud Bader, the
Minister of iinance in Sadr’s recent Cabinet, for alleged malpractices in the
sale of crown lands and also pressed for more speedy action in the matter of
the indictments against Suheili and Tadayyun. On the 13th November, after a
long debate in which the Tudeh Deputy, Dr. Kishavarz, violently opposed the
employment of any foreign advisers in any capacity, the Bill for the engagement
of Dr. Avery as adviser to the Ministry of Health was passed. The amended
Conscription Bill was also passed (see paragraph 2 below). A question was put
to the Prime Minister by Deputy Fuladwand asking, in view of the British
communique on the evacuation of Tehran, Hamadan and Kermanshah, which
cities of Persia had been evacuated by the Russians. At the session of the
15th November several Deputies expressed surprise at the announcement by Radio
Paris of the existence of separatist movements in Kurdistan and Azerbaijan.
The Minister of War tabled his Bill for the two new divisions, for a credit for
purchase of material and a credit to provide financial relief for army officers (see
Intelligence Summary No. 38, Appendix). In the ensuing debate the Tudeh
Deputies, Kambaksh and Radmanish, made attacks on army administration, the
Chief of the General Staff in person and the misuse of military power by
employing it to oppress labour movements. The debate is to be resumed.
Persian Army.
2 . The main points in the new Conscription Law passed by the Majlis (see
paragraph 1 above) are as follows :—
(i) If the lists of those liable for conscription in any one area show a surplus
over requirements, then conscripts shall be chosen by lot.
(ii) If the availability lists show a deficit, then conscripts who drew
exemption in last year’s lot will be taken to make up the deficit.
(iii) If a conscript draws exemption in successive years till he is aged 26 he
will be considered as permanently exempt and relegated to the reserve.
Economic.
3. The import and sale of cloth will no longer be a Government monopoly but
owing to financial stringency the monopoly tax, in addition to custom duty, will
continue to be levied.
Appointments.
4. — {a) Cm7.—Ahmad Mashayikhi to be Governor of Rezaieh.
{b) Military. —(i) Sarlashgar Farajullah Aghevli to be head of the
Military Tribunals vice Sartip Naqdi, transferred to the General Staff. (This
general officer, once Chief of the Gendarmerie, will be remembered as one of the
more important internees.)
(ii) - Sartip Muhammad Baqir Amir Nizami is reappointed additional Deputy
Chief of the General Staff.
(iii) Sartip Muhsin Diba from Director of Artillery to be Director of the
Officers’ Club.
(iv) Sartip Abdullah Hidayet from en disponibilite to be Director of
Artillery.
Internal Security.
Khorasan.
5. Security has further declined and some more hold-ups are reported
between Meshed and Turbat-i-Haidari; Meshed and Nishapur and near Turba-i-
Sheikh Jam.
[72—52]