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Persia Telegrams (Foreign Office) [‎200r] (27/36)

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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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ficance, because in all pro-
t through some scheme of
)f my telegram No. 358 was
e war afforded bare security
•esent sufficient receipts for
costs 20 instead of 54 krans,
ugh these Southern customs ‘
however, is already drawing
proposed by you [group
with Triumvirate following ■
ent advance with continuity
priority over all debts other r
it, Persian Government will
tat purpose hereby pledges
ned in priority, and with
itract, the Customs receipts
ipts are or shall be at its *
which objection lias been
Irjn Office, June 28, 1019.
nan Government of British
mi plated.
mtained in your telegram
tded to run as follows :—
rsuing these aims shall be
ill be omitted. Questions i
> 0(1 visit, will be dealt with
'm Office, July 1, 1919.
ikery to be admitted to the
-ions will very shortly be
r any special instructions,
gal ion by bag.)
No. 5.
(No 305 . ) Earl Curzon to Sir P. Cox
(Telegraphic.)
CONCLUDING paragraph of your telegram NTn 0 f ice ' Jul U 1919.
of the agreement, but until this takes pla^® n - d sequel to the conclusion
the Kings pleasure in the matter. Youshouhl he , f 0 \ IS ' y ““Possible for me to take
us m any way at present. ' 6 carefl11 therefore to avoid committing
(No. 464.)
(Telegraphic.)
FOLLOWING sent to India
No. 6.
Sir P ' Cox to Earl Cur zon.—(Received July 7.)
Tehran, July 7, 1919.
Persian negotiations.
approval. [? MeanWhOe*] 1^/necetsaiy for ^ne t^h^ 30 be - telegra l )he, - 1 to .You for
furnished with any special powers to smn in ^ ^ f 1 ® 1111011 ^ b Y na nie, or to be
regularly accredited ? * P & ’ in view of fact that I have not been
my telegram"N 0 db 444 tC ^ 1Iitt! °" t lor loan and P eriod of liquidation, I await reply to
stands as indii I presume decision
No. 7.
Foreign Office, July 10, 1919.
(No 370 ) Earl C urzon to $ir P. Cox.
(Telegraphic.)
VOLU telegram No. 399 of 5th June. Point 1
^U»5KSftar Mw * M - •* *• M »<
no. ttwfsASAlstSJ“ f ®rr* i
Bank of Persia when a direct remiiLce fro^ I end tLe loan ’ and P a ‘d to Imperial
Office when the remittance can only be effected over India" P0BS, Ue ' aad t0 the India
itepieat to India.
Foreign Office, July 10, 1919.
/ V \ Earl Curzon to Sir P. Cox.
fiNO. Oi 1.)
(Telegraphic.)
YOUK telegram No. 444 of 24th June.
Point 2. I agree to 7 per cent, and repayment in twenty years,
roint 3. 1 agree to your amended formula, but you should omit thv «,•
u hole or part " after “ customs receipts " in the last sentence " ^
Lepeat to India. *

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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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