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File 200/1928 Pt 8 'Anglo-Persian Negotiations' [415r] (836/1096)
The record is made up of 1 volume (543 folios). It was created in 30 May 1932-23 Oct 1933. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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A
Minute Paper.
Department.
4000 3/32
Foreign Office representatives said that they thought
the point of most importance in issue was the question
of tactics; that apart from this they had differed
from the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
in the past in thinking that a
treaty (which would regularise the position of
jahrein, etc.) was worth while even if we did not
secure our desiderata at Henjam.
7. On the question of tactics the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
had
strongly pressed that we should take and keep the
initiative in the matter of breaking off negotiations.
The Service Departments expressed their general
agreement with this view. I said that it was of real
importance to us because of the psychological effect
in India and the kiddle East of allowing Persia to
state publicly that the offers made by us to secure a
treaty of friendship with Persia were unacceptable
j and that we had been informed that this was the case
and that unless we were prepared to improve our
terms Persia was not prepared to negotiate with us.
In these circumstances we thought it most important
not to allow the initiative to pass from our hands.
The Foreign Office said that they, on the other hand,
would much prefer to adopt the general line suggested
hy Mr. Hoare, viz. to make sure in the first place
that the Persians really meant what they said about
Henjam ana to let them know that if they did really
mean what they said then we should regard it as a
breaking off of the negotiations by them.
8. After very considerable discussion and argument
;I suggested as a possible compromise a reply on the
x
general lines of the formula attached. It was agreed
that/
5.
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This volume contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the British and Persian [Iranian] governments in order to resolve a number of outstanding issues including the status of Henjam [Hengam] Island and Bahrain.
The majority of the correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence in French that was exchanged between British and Persian Government officials.
In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains the following documents:
- 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Minutes of a Meeting held at No. 2, Whitehall Gardens, SW1, on Tuesday, August 1st, 1933, at 10.15am' (folios 27-38)
- Minutes of an informal meeting on Anglo-Persian relations held at the Foreign Office 26 June 1933 (folios 69-77)
- 'Record of a Meeting held at the Foreign Office on November 18th, 1932, to discuss the situation arising out of Tehran telegrams Nos. 181 and 182 regarding Henjam' (folios 212-231)
- Cabinet memorandum entitled 'Anglo-Persian Relations' 31 October 1924 (folios 289-292)
- Cabinet memorandum entitled 'Anglo-Persian Relations' 24 October 1924 (folios 329-330)
- 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Minutes of a meeting on the Sub-Committee held in Conference Room A, No. 2, Whitehall Gardens, SW1 on Friday, September 30th, 1932, at 4.0 pm' (folios 390-412)
- 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee. British Policy in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Memorandum by the Secretary of State for India' 1928, (folios 491-493).
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (543 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 200 (Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations) consists of eight volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1250-1257. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3, 4 and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6 and 7 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 8, 9 and 10 comprising one volume each.
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 545; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:159v, 160v:234v, 234ar:234av, 235r:360r, 363r:544v, back-i
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