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Persia Telegrams (Foreign Office) [199r] (25/36)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1919-27 Jul 1919. It was written in English. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
Part VI.
No. 1.
(No. 437.)
Sir r. Cox to Earl Curzon.—(Received June 22.)
Tehran, June 21, 1919.
(Telegraphic).
YOUR telegram No. 330.
J h ?P® t0 . re P ! y i[1 a (Ia y or two [group imdecypherable] toan. Meanwhile I bee
to offer following comment regarding text of separate letter
1. Our position was safeguarded by reference to “other belligerents,” but
leciproca. renunciation of claims was not specifically mentioned, as I thought it mi^ht
be necessary or convenient to show this short draft to Entente Governments at the
sanu; time as mam agreement. There is no objection, as far as Persian Government is
concerned, to specific mention.
, j 1 / e . on t* 118 su b.l ec t I would explain basis on which I have all along discussed it.
that i 1 ersia presented to us a claim for damage bv our troops wp should present bill
tor maintenance of troops which we had been obliged to send to Persia owing to latter’s
inability to defend her neutrality. It does not involve abandonment of personal
claims of British subjects or that of oil company for breach of pipe-line. Kindly
confirm this.
2. i ime and means of ventilating desiderata depends on agreement between
parties, or practically on pleasure of His Majesty’s Government. If “forthwith” is
objected to, “as soon as practicable ” would perhaps meet requirements. Alternative
word might be omitted.
o, W hen 1 stated in my telegram No. 356 that Persian Government had no desire
to ventilate desiderata before Peace Conference, it was on the hypothesis that there
were other means of doing so, but your telegram of the 17th May, to which I replied on
the 21st May, suggested that there was no alternative, and it was supposed that
Conference would soon be over.
4. As regards Mushaver. Having seen most of his telegrams I am convinced
(and so is Triumvirate) that we cannot rely on his loyalty or bona fides for any purpose
connected with present negotiations. Moreover, once they are concluded/l do not
quite see what could usefully be discussed with him. Cabinet would prefer to
eliminate him by appointing him to some diplomatic post. In any case there is no
necessity for us to take onus of ousting him if you do not wish it, and that sentence
might be omitted.
After considering above explanations, kindly let me know which draft you finally
decide on, and with wdiat modifications.
In conclusion, I would mention that the Shah is beginning to talk again of his
journey to Europe in the autumn, and I hope that you will give me authority when I
visit him again in regard to pending agreement, to say he will be given all co-operation,
and (if possible) invitation to England.
(Sent to India.)
No. 2.
Sir P. Cox to Earl Curzon.—(Received June 25.)
(No. 144.)
(Telegraphic.) Tehran, June 24, 1919,
YOUR telegram No. 330.
- Point 2 : Triumvirate plead hard for 7 per cent., which is rate of former advances
and is supported by present price of 1911 loan. They also press for period of twenty
years for payment instead of fifteen, in order to reduce annual instalments payable,
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This file consists of a series of telegrams regarding Britain's relations with Persia in the aftermath of the First World War. Almost all of the correspondence is conducted between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox [Acting British Minister to Persia] and Earl Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, Acting Foreign Secretary in the absence of Arthur James Balfour, who was attending the Paris Peace Conference]. Other correspondents include the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger], the Foreign Secretary [Balfour], 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. , and the Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu].
The telegrams document negotiations – running concurrently with the Paris Peace Conference – between Cox and the Persian Government for an Anglo-Persian Treaty. Cox's telegrams notify Curzon of the details of a draft agreement; Curzon's telegrams to Cox make requests for revisions to the wording and, in certain cases, to the essence of the draft.
Topics of discussion include: the Persian Government's desire for the frontiers of Persia to be rectified in certain localities and Britain's policy on this issue; Persian claims to compensation for damage suffered during the war at the hands of the other belligerents; the likelihood of the Persian case being heard at the Paris Conference; details of a proposed new loan to the Persian Government from the British Government, and the Secretary of State for India's concerns about the implications of this loan for the division of expenditure on Persia between Imperial and Indian revenues.
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- 1 file (18 folios)
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The telegrams are arranged in approximate chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 187, and terminates at f 204, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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