" ملف رقم ١٣٥٦ لسنة ١٩١٢ الجزء ٢ "الحدود التركية-الفارسية:- مفاوضات في القسطنطينية. (حدود المحمرة)" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٦] (٦٨٠/٣٠٠)

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the levy on British, imports of 15 per cent,
ad valorem without stipulating for a limitation of
the period during which such a rate shall be
enforced.
It must, however, be distinctly understood that
this assent of His Majesty’s Government is sub
ject to two further conditions, firstly that the
assent of other Powers concerned is obtained
to the levy of a similar rate on their respective
imports, and secondly that a period of notice, of
not less than six months, is given before the
increased duties are levied.
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2. The eventual substitution of a specific tariff,
to be fixed by mutual agreement, for the
proposed 15 per cent, ad valorem rate.
Provided that such a change meets with the |
approval of other Powers, His Majesty’s Govern- |
ment would be prepared to agree to it in princi
ple, subject to the following conditions-:—
(a.) The details of the scheme of conversion
must be previously agreed between Great Britain
and Turkey.
(b.) No such tariff, even when i't has been
agreed upon, shall be put into operation without
a reasonable period of notice, which in any case
shall exceed twelve months.
(c.) The Imperial Ottoman Government shall
previously make a declaration that the rights at
present enjoyed by His Majesty’s Government,
whether under or by virtue of capitulations,
treaties, notes, declarations, or otherwise, to veto
any increase in the duties leviable on British
imports into Turkey shall be in no wise modified,
prejudiced, or invalidated by the fact of His
Majesty’s Government consenting to the intro
duction of a specific tariff, or by any other act or
thing whatsoever, other than the express renuncia
tion in writing by His Majesty’s Government of
their rights to exercise such a veto.
3. The imposition of the “temettu” tax on
British subjects on condition of its impo
sition on all foreigners in Turkey.
This question is the subject of active negotia
tion at the present time between the Imperial
Ottoman Government and the Embassies at
Constantinople, and His Majesty’s Government
would hesitate to institute collateral negotiations
in London, since to do so might lead to mis
understanding and misconstruction.