Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 9, 1989

I came to my office at half past eight in the morning. I did the work until nine o'clock. Mr. Hashemi Golpaigani [Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution] came to organize the programs of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. The managers of the employment affairs organization came. They told the current situation, the administrative organization, the weaknesses and strengths, and the reform plan; They were supposed to come for another meeting.

Dr. [Hassan] Habibi, [Hamid] Mirzadeh and [Reza] Amrollahi came for the affairs of the area under their responsibility and presented their work: Dr. Habibi about consultants and Amrollahi about nuclear energy. Mirzadeh also talked about the quality of using our demand from Syria and the goods we buy from Syria at a high rate.

In the evening, Mr. Sam Njoma, the leader of Swapo [South West African Liberation Movement] came to visit. He described his campaigns and asked for the expenses of the upcoming elections and the expenses after independence; They demand high figures, hoping to get some money out of it. We decided to donate two hundred thousand dollars for now. Dr. Velayati came and told the results of the trip to Yugoslavia. He is satisfied, but it was not important.

Dr. Noorbakhsh [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] came. We negotiated and made a decision about allocating currency at a preferential rate to industries and providing for the Riyal budget deficit in this way. They talked about the central bank and the delegation's trip to America to participate in the International Monetary Fund conference.

The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was in Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi's office. We watched the luxurious rooms of the Marble Palace; Especially the Khatamkar room, which was special for the Shah, and also the place where the Shah was shot on May 21, 1327. Various issues were raised in the meeting.