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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [255r] (520/1010)
The record is made up of 1 volume (502 folios). It was created in 21 Feb 1935-15 Jan 1936. 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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2 .
I replied that I thought the main Iraqi objection was
that unless position was clearly defined in writing on ex
piration of Conservancy Board Iraqi sovereignty in Shatt-el-
Arab would once more become a live issue and Persian claims
might be revived. His Excellency, who in conversation still
laid some stress on what he called illegality of present
position, argued that this fear on the part of Iraqi delega
tion was of no importance in view of joint administration by
Conservancy Board which gave equal rights in practice and
so relegated sovereignty question to limbo. I said that
might be so if Conservancy Board were to last for ever- and
not merely for fifty years. His Excellency replied that he
had no objection to Board lasting indefinitely and suggested
that it should be comprised in Perso-Iraqi Treaty which
will result from present negotiations.
I promised to ask whether you could suggest a formula
and His Excellency expressed the hope that you would be able
to send very early reply as he was most anxious to reach
settlement in the next few days 0
I consider it would certainly be helpful if you could
suggest a formula which would have to safeguard Iraqi
sovereignty while avoiding mention of Persian admission
thereof. Formula would, I presume, be embodied in article
in proposed treaty in which signatories agree to establish
ment of Conservancy Board. Alternatively if the questions
of smuggling, police, customs procedure,etc., are to be dealt
with in separate convention it might be better to draft this
convention in such a way that it presupposes Iraqi sovereign
ty. It is these questions rather than those covered by
Conservancy Board which are likely to raise direct issue
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This volume is a continuation of Collection 17/5, and contains papers regarding negotiations between Persia [Iran] and Iraq at the League of Nations in 1935, mediated by Italian delegate Baron Pompeo Aloisi. The papers primarily consist of communications regarding the negotiations submitted to the Foreign Office by HM Ambassadors at Rome, Teheran and Baghdad, as well as comments by 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. Political Department, the Admiralty, and representatives of the Governments of Persia, Iraq, and Italy.
The negotiations concerned the frontier line along the Shatt el-Arab, the possibility of granting a Persian anchorage at Abadan [Ābādān], the rights of Persian and British warships to traverse and refuel on the river, and the proposed establishment of a Conservancy Board. Following negotiations in Geneva, Rome and Tehran, the Persian and Iraqi Governments had practically agreed on three instruments: a pact of non-aggression, to be signed by Iraq, Persia and Turkey; a treaty for the peaceful settlement of international disputes between Persia and Iraq; and a treaty of friendship, which would settle the frontier question and establish the Conservancy Board.
In addition to the correspondence, the volume contains: documents circulated by the Council of the League of Nations; Reports on the Sessions of the Council submitted to the Foreign Office by C J Edmonds, Second Adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; multiple drafts of the treaty of friendship and non-aggression treaties; and copies of notes exchanged by the Iraqi and Persian Ministers at the League of Nations. A number of these documents are written in French.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 volume (502 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 498; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-498; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 3r:3v, 10r:17v, 24r:62v, 96r:105v, 107r:124v, 130r:200v, 204r:304v, 311r:327r, 331r:415v, 420r:442v, 447r:449v, 452r:452v, 454r:463r, 466r:469v, 471r:498v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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