"ملف 60/20 I ‏(C 93) بنك إيران الامبريالية: البحرين وغيرها" [و‎‎٦‎٧] (٤٠٩/١٣٥)

Imperial Bank of putting half its purchases of exchange at the disposal of the
National Bank. His Highness agreed without hesitation. The first essential, he
0 Ppositei pride), but immediately reverted to the question of compensation to the bank. He
^ had [I did not quite understand the value which the bank attached to its privilege. Mr.
^dconti Wilkinson had explained to him that the uncovered portion of the notes in
?er ' ftat tljf circulation represented to all intents and purposes so much additional capital. He
^ionof tVk (Teymourtache) had tentatively proposed, therefore, as a suitable form of compen-
trader sation, and he now renewed the offer, that the Government should lend the bank a
^ jetharov sum equal to its paid up capital, i.e., £650,000, free of interest until 1949, when the
er ial concession comes to an end. Teymourtache was asked whether, in the event of the
^ whicli board accepting this proposal, and given an agreement between the two banks to fix
d control ■ ra ^ e ' ^ ie w 1 ou ^ ( J a o re ^ ^o away with the obligation recently imposed upon the
iop 0 | v said, was that the two banks should find a modus vivendi and he asked Mr. Rogers to
1 come to the palace the next morning when he would introduce Dr. Lindenblatt to
him.
ithcdid ^ before taking his leave, appealed to Teymourtache to give back to
's he w I m P er i a l Bank at least a portion of the Government's business. He said that the
i j p : bank would like to feel that it shared the Government's confidence with the National
iH , ai1 ! Bank. Teymourtache asserted that there would be no discrimination whatever
Ie 'r^between the two banks as long as the Imperial Bank of Persia proved its devotion to
; e( | the country's interests. The Government would like to feel that it had two State
't r^ 1 P.an^nks at its disposal instead of one. His Majesty the Shah, whom he had informed
' that morning of Mr. Rogers's visit, had asked him to convey to Mr. Rogers an
ems wnli wli: ass1 - irance of his willingness to support the Imperial Bank " as long as it walked
ajebalance. I] ]an d in hand with the Government."
1 to the imnioi His Highness, whose manner at the start had been unusually stiff, melted visibly
wawal from touring the course of the interview, and at the close thanked Mr. Rogers very warmly
xports, Hekf or his sympathetic and conciliatory attitude.
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