Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 1, 1986

Mr. [Mustafa] Kafashzadeh came home and claimed from an arms broker that one of the effective people of the air force asked him for a bribe. I told Dr. Rouhani to pursue the issue immediately.

Mr. [Ebrahim] Sanjaghi and [Hamid] Nachigan came. The first one brought letters to be signed on war matters and the second one claims that Japanese companies want to buy five billion dollars of oil; Pay cash and buy oil in the future at the day's price, plus interest. Mr. Turabi came for war affairs. Comrade Dost came to sign the license to buy weapons and borrow money for the war from the [central] bank.

Mr. Prime Minister, on the phone, bitterly criticized the proposed regulations of the 90th principle commission, which is strict towards the ministers. In the evening, the chairman of the parliament had a meeting. Because the approvals of the board of directors are recorded in a book, I usually do not write here in the diary, unless it is an important issue.

In the evening, the heads of the forces were the guests of the Prime Minister. The minister of oil, who had returned from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, had good reports. King Fahd had announced that the export of Iraqi oil through Saudi Arabia had been stopped and that Saudi Arabia would no longer help Iraq, and that he was in favor of removing Saddam and wanted to improve his relations with Iran. We are supposed to buy petroleum products from Saudi Arabia.

He suggested that we stop the war for a week and promised that at the end of it, they will remove Saddam. It was decided to negotiate about the quality of this matter. At first, the Kuwaitis attacked strongly, but they fell short due to Aghazadeh's aggressive attack. There was a discussion about firing missiles at ships in Kuwait port, gasoline rationing, borrowing from domestic banks, and war plans. I went home late.