Persia Telegrams (Foreign Office) [‎195r] (17/36)

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(N 7 o. 359.) S>r P ' U( ' X t0 BarlCurzon —(Received May J5.)
(Telegraphic.)
MY telegram No. 356. Tehran, May 11, 1919.
Following is text of proposed letter to follow on signature of agreement
during^ your'^mmre 6 of^office W I^am^ur^th '^ 3 ^ 3 ^ 16 !?^ 0 !?^ 8 which have been honied
Majesty’s Government are anxious to r .or. 'i ?° Ur ^ 1< ?* 1uess fully realises that His
establish a pol.cy of cbseToneration^nH t0 f ff ° rtS ° f y° ur Cabi " et
ments. As a further evideLe of ^r .ooH i-n ab0rat ' Qn bet . wee . n our Govern-
Highness that on hypothesis that the agreement embodTing^he ^^ ‘“f 01 ?* your
they are free from preoccupations of the Peace Conference they shall be
prepared to enter into special negotiation with Persian Government for the purnose s
soon as, in the opinion of the two Governments, a suitable moment has arrived P '
- It being well understood and agreed that British and Persian Governments
do not propose to prefer any claim one against the other for losses or expenditure
brought upon the one by the other during the recent world war, His Majesty’s
Government will be prepared, on policy indicated in above-mentioned agreement bebre
firmiy established to support claim of Persia to obtain compensation fm mate M
damage suffered by her from action of the other belligerents as soon as in opirdon of
ao Go\ crnmtuts in consultation a favourable moment has arrived
telegram KmSH’’ 8 (Enj o^T ° f fl ' 0ntierS - Sal " e t6Xt aS ’ Submitte(1 “
In clause 2 of above .triumvirate object to insertion of words “if and when
opportunity oners as being too vague, and above wording seems to serve same
purpose.
(Sent to India.)
No. 4.
Sir P. Cox to Earl Curzon.—(Received Mat/ 15.)
(No. 357.)
(Telegraphic.) , Tehran, May U, mil
MY immediately preceding telegram.
Presuming that it is simply a question of providing security for a separate loan of
2 millions, requiring an annual payment of about 110,000?., equal at 26 krans
to 286,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , or at 52 krans to 572,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , then customs of Seistan, Ker
manshab, and Kurdistan, which yielded before war a net revenue of 560,(XX) tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
would appear to furnish adequate security, or at any rate would do so with addition of
Soujboulak representing about 50,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , and likely to become more important
when railway opens to Mosul.
(Repeated to India.)