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File 4345/1912 'Trans-Persian Railway' [49r] (102/330)
The record is made up of 1 volume (163 folios). It was created in 1911-1913. 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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* [It will obviously be more difficult to
get the principle accepted if we wait till the
option is secured; and. as we know from
--previous correspondence that the Moscow
faerchants are opposed to equality of treat
ment, we had better get the principle
formally accepted before the Russian
Government are faced with a formidable
agitation in favour of differential treatment.]
each other the acceptance of the principle ol such
equality, as unless it is so admitted (which to us
the Kussian Government have not yet expressly
done), there will be much adverse comment in
this country. As the Russian Government have
already admitted the principle to Germany in the
‘‘Potsdam” agreement about the Khanikin-Tehran
project, they could not reasonably refuse to do
so to us.
The reply to the letters dated the 9th and
20th December from Sir W. Garstin might, it is
submitted, be on the following lines :—
In the first place, answers should be s^iven to
the four specific questions, (a), (b), (c) and (d),
asked in the former letter. (See Appendix
No. 1.)
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[2763 n—14]
(a.) That His Majesty’s Government have
expressed themselves as prepared, on certain
conditions, to assent in principle to the project of
of a Trans-Persian Railway. That those con
ditions are, inter alia, that the line shall not
be prolonged beyond the Russian sphere until,
and in such measures as, His Majesty’s Govern
ment shall consider it both politic and feasible;
that the main line from Yezd must enter the
British sphere at or near Bunder Abbas and
must not be aligned vi& Kerman; that there
must be a break of gauge at Bunder Abbas
if the line passes east of that point; that His
Majesty’ Government undertake no financial
guarantee in regard to the project; that there
shall be fair and adequate representation of
British interests on the board of management,
and a proper percentage of construction orders
secured to British contractors; that absolute
equality of treatment in all respects shall be
guaranteed to British and British-Indian trade
passing over the whole system; and that certain
branches, to which further reference will be made,
shall be secured to British concessionnaires in the
neutral and British spheres.
(A) That the answer is in the affirmative,
though His Majesty’s Government trust that such
progress may be made in regard to a well-considered
scheme in the south as will render possible an
early and it possible simultaneous start in con
struction there.
(c.) That His Majesty’s Government are com
mitted : that the concessions in question are the
Bunder Abbas-Kerman one in the British sphere
D
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This volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports, a press cutting and a map, relating to the connection of the railway system of Europe to the railway system of India by the construction of railway lines through Persia.
The discussion in the volume relates to the proposal of a Russian consortium and the response of the Government of India to this proposal. A Report (No. 18 of 1911' folios 144 - 160) notes that the Government of India would do well to accept in principle the Russian proposal subject to a number of modifications. A map entitled 'Indexed Map Showing Proposed Railways in Persia' (folio 160) accompanies the report. Suggested modifications included:
- the point of intersection of the trans-Persian railway with the Indian railway system (British preference for Karachi); and concessions for branch lines (Bandar Abbas, Charbar, Mohammerah);
- the requirement that both main and branch lines in Persian territory be deemed international with Russia and Britain holding preponderant shares and Persia included as a participant;
- and the use of a different gauge railway in the British and Russian zones. As a quid pro quo for their support on this matter Britain expected the Russians to cease any consideration of extending the Trans-Caspian Railway to the Persia-Afghan border.
Also discussed are the negotiations about a loan between the Société des Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan and the Persian Government and a suggestion that the British and French governments should guarantee a substantial loan by securing it against the crown jewels.
The following topics are also discussed: the Foreign Office proposal to refer the whole question of railway development in Persia to the Committee of Imperial Defence; a draft application for the concession; a memorandum by Brigadier General A H Gordon; dispatch of instructions to His Majesty's Ambassador at St Petersberg on the attitude of the Her Majesty's Government; the view of the Sir G Buchanan on the attitude of the Russian Government to the question of alignment.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, the Earl of Crewe; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, E H S Clark; His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox; the President of the Railway Board; Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan.
This volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (163 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 4345 (Trans-Persian Railway) consists of 1 volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 163; 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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