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Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.' [135r] (269/461)
The record is made up of 1 file (229 folios). It was created in 19 Jan 1929-3 Aug 1938. 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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13b
P. z.
! 5186
B. 4313/34
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2nd October,
Sir,
With reference to your letter of the 12th September,
No, T,9617/4148/380, forwarding the draft of a proposed telegram
to H*M, Minister at Tehran, concerning the legislation passed
in Persia defining Persian territorial waters, I am commanded
by My Lords Gommissioners of the admiralty to acquaint you, for
the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign ^fairs
that notwithstanding the views expressed by H.M, Grovernment in
1929 in the reply to the League of Nations questionnaire. They
are of opinion that it is most undesirable to allow the Persian
claim for a 10 mile rule for bays to be left unchallenged, more
particularly as action is being taken by H,M, Government to
enter a protest concerning other points in the legislation to
which objection is seen. They would observe that the under
taking given in 1929 was only to consider the question of a 10
mile rule and only if such a rule met with general acceptance,
2, Uj Lords therefore consider that instructions regarding
Article II of the Bill should be included in the proposed telegram
to Tehran on the lines of paragraph 4 of Foreign Office letter of
the 3rd August, No, T,8364/4148/380, and that H,M, Minister at
Tehran should be informed of the views held by H,M.Govemment upon
the limits of territorial waters in bays in ease he is unaware of
them,
3, My Lords also suggest that H,M, Minister should make it
clear to the Persian Government that the new communication is in
continuation of his Note of the 16th July and is not intended to
supersede that note,
4, Copies of this letter have been sent to 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.
Board of Trade, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Dominions
Office, Colonial Office and Scottish Office,
I am. Sir,
Tour obedient Servant,
Under Secretary of State, v uj
Foreign Office, ^ v ' W 'BADDELEY.
V,
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The file concerns the extent of territorial waters claimed by the Government of Persia (also referred to as Iran). The British Government held that in the absence of international agreement, three miles was the extent of territorial waters, but the Persian Government claimed distances of up to twelve miles at various times. The issue is discussed by various British officials, especially the Foreign Office, Admiralty, and HM Minister, Tehran. Folios 84-120 discuss Persian jurisdiction over the outer anchorage in Bushire. Folios 9-79 discuss the concession area held by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, in view of the fact that potential oil fields lay under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , partly beyond the three-mile limit, but within the twelve-mile limit claimed by the Persian Government.
The French language content of the file consists of six folios of diplomatic correspondence between British and Persian officials.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (229 folios)
- Arrangement
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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 230; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:12v, 13v:14v, 15v, 16v:79v, 84r:163v, 167r:173v, 177r:224r, 226v:230r, back-i, back
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