Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 24, 1991

The members of the board of directors and managers of Sased units [= Defense Industries Organization] came. They gave a performance report. Due to the lack of purchase of the armed forces and the suspension of the production capacity, they lose; It was decided to make the production lines dual-purpose.

Mr. [Mohsen] Noorbakhsh, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] came. He is going to America. Consulted for matters there and meetings; Many immigrant Iranians have requested to meet businessmen and officials of the former regime. Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh, [Executive Vice President], came to Fars province for current affairs and travel.

Mr. Mukhtar Kalantari, [Commander of the Islamic Revolution Committees] came. I told him to accept responsibility in the police force. He has criticisms of Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri, [Interior Minister]; They agreed to negotiate.

In the evening [Mr. Helmut Kohl], the Chancellor of Germany called; They talked about Iraqi refugees and western hostages in Lebanon. I revised the text of the dinner speech during the trip to Syria and Türkiye.

I attended the meeting of the government board. For the first time, we held a meeting in "Government Club". This place is on Fereshte Street [= Shahid Fayazi; in the north of Tehran]. It was there before the victory of the revolution, and after the revolution, the place was given to other organs. We recently took it back and renovated it for staff use.

In this meeting, the transfer of government companies to the private sector was approved. Dr. [Mohammed Ali] Najafi, [Minister of Education], survived the impeachment of the parliament and survived with good opinion; The ministers were happy.