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Coll 28/22 ’Persia; Relations with H.M.G. Persian Debt to H.M.G.’ [23r] (45/385)
The record is made up of 1 file (191 folios). It was created in 12 Jun 1931-1 Mar 1940. 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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12. Article X, Slavery. It is perhaps rather late
in the day to make any alteration, but we should like to
make one suggestion which appears to be really only a
matter of drafting viz. the omission in Article I of
the Protocol of the words ,l de l T esclavage u . The
Convention of 1882 deals with the traffic in slaves:
The words referred to do not appear in the draft Treaty
Article or the Preamble to the Protocol, both of which
merely refer to M la traite des esclaves”; the whole
protocol only deals with the Slave trade on the waters
of the Gulf (including territorial v/aters) and the words
Tt de 1 ’esclavage” in Article 1 accordingly seem superfluous,
while thereis perhaps the danger that their insertion might
give the Persians an excuse for claiming an interest in
anti-slavery measures in the territories of the Sheikhs
on the Arab Coast, which might prove embarrassing.
13* Article XIII. As you will see from the letter
to Praser-Tytler enclosed, we have asked the Government of
India whether they concur in this Article in its present
form, and are prepared to give the undertaking which the
Foreign Office and Treasury desire.
14. I am sending copies of this letter to Moore, Grieve
Parkinson, Harris, Toovey, and Bowyer.
j. G. LAITHWAITE.
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Correspondence concerning the Persian Government’s desire, signalled in June 1931, to pay off in full a pre-war interest-bearing debt owed to Britain, totalling £490,000. Correspondence is chiefly exchanged between the Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter, George William Rendel), 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. (John Gilbert Laithwaite), the Treasury (Thomas Kenneth Bewley), and the British Legation at Tehran (Charles Dodd), and covers:
- The wording of a formal response to be given to the Persian Government, that does not comprise or jeopardise the outstanding (post-war) debt of £1,510,000 remaining to be paid.
- The nature of the servicing of the debt and its interest.
- In late August 1931, the Persian Ministry of Finance’s decision to abandon service of the debt, and continue payment of interest on the debt at seven per cent.
- In 1932, the Persian Ministry of Finance’s reversal of their earlier decision to abandon servicing of the debt.
- In June 1933, confirmation via the Imperial Bank of Persia of the full servicing of the pre-war debt.
- 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. correspondence dated October 1933, enclosing a provisional draft of instructions for a General Treaty between Britain and Persia, making mention of the outstanding debt owed by Persia to Britain (ff 16-34).
The file contains two letters in French (f 42, f 47), sent by the Treasury General of the Persian Ministry of Finance.
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- 1 file (191 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 192; 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.
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- Title
- Coll 28/22 ’Persia; Relations with H.M.G. Persian Debt to H.M.G.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:40v, 44r:44v, 48r:60v, 62r:82v, 85r:103v, 105r:107v, 109r:110v, 113r:192v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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