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8,623,000 cartridges at 1-46 rials each, though the cost price to the
Persian Government was 3 • 40 rials.
600,000 ramrods, for which no charge was made.
415 series of spare parts for machine pistols, for which no charge
was made.
(ii) Payments by Russians.
The Russians have paid :—
10,000,000 rials to the Persian Government.
2,500,000 rials to Skoda.
1,800,000 rials to Iran-Sovtrans for transport.
5,000,000 rials as an initial advance to the Persian Government.
(iii) At the same time the Russians are making unspecified claims for
materials and tools furnished by them for the manufacturing, in
addition to 7,200,000 rials due in salaries to Russian specialists
experts and advisers.
(iv) Ihe Russians proposed to settle by giving the Persian Government
262,191 metric tons of steel. It is estimated that this would settle
Russia’s debt for the above material if calculated on the basis of
$4,000 per metric ton.
(v) Persian Government claim that, even if settlement as at (iv) is made
(the matter is still under discussion as the Russians say “they await
instructions from Moscow ’’) they have lost on the deal 86,485,772 rials.
Polish Interests.
16. The movement of Polish refugees to the Lebanon has been in progress
for some weeks. Isfahan is now clear of Poles and the numbers in Tehran°and
Ahwaz as at the 8 th December was as follows :—
Tehran
Ahwaz
Men.
Women
159
442
44
624
203
1,066
Children.
Total.
66
667
350
1,018
416
1,685
Swedish Interests.
17. M. Sven Harald Pousette, who was Swedish Charge d’Affaires in
Tehran October 1941 to June 194o, has returned as Swedish Minister and
presented his letters of credence to His Imperial Majesty the Shah on the
?^J ) ? cen i ber - Dr - Gunnar Jarring, the counsellor of the legation since December
1942, has been transferred to Addis Ababa.
Tehran, Stth December, 1945.
Appendix.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs to His Britannic Majesty's Embassy.
(No. 5624.)
Memorandum, Tehran, 26£A November, 1945.
Thy Imperial Ministry for Foreign Affairs present their compliments to
His Britannic Majesty s Lmbassy, and have the honour to state that:—
As the embassy are aware, a limited number of people have had recourse to
certain measures in the Ustans 3 and 4 of Azerbaijan, raised certain undesirable
voices and even issued a proclamation in support of their statements with the
result that they have created a situation which entirely violates the Oro-anic Law
and which is against the security, peace and tranquillity of the country. Chaos
and disorder is increasingly widening. In many places these elements have
attacked security officials, have occupied many towns and are interferino- on the
roads and disturbing traffic security. As a result the Central Government have
owing to interruption of the telegraphic and telephonic communications, no true
information as to the situation of their officials in these Ustans, and cannot send
necessary instructions to the officials concerned in a proper manner and be confident
that these instructions will be carried out.