[In a letter dated Azar 14,1366 AHS addressed to Imam Khomeini, Mr. `Ali-Akbar Ashtiyani, the Imams representative in Gendarmerie, has referred to amounts taken by the Gendarmerie from the conscripted ones who have to travel abroad for a short period as the guarantee for their return to the country, and he has said:
"These amounts are kept in the interest-free loan fund account of the Politico-Ideological Office of the Gendarmerie to solve the financial problems of the Gendarmerie personnel by lending them interest-free loan. The conscripted ones who have deposited the funds have expressed in writing their consent for lending the deposited amounts in whatever religiously and legally sanctioned way till their return. Your Eminence is respectfully requested to write below your noble opinion regarding the use of the said funds at the interest-free loan fund of the Politico-Ideological Office of the Gendarmerie of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the written approval of the eminent Imam at the outset. It is necessary to note that all the earnings of the fund are to be spent also on cultural affairs, financially handicapped personnel and urgent needs of the Gendarmerie.
May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
`Ali-Akbar Ashtiyani]
In His Most Exalted Name
Given the said case, it is permissible and you are hereby authorized. May peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini