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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎450v] (911/1010)

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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m Ins speech of welcome, which we much appreciated, the Persian renresentaHva
referred to certain frontier questions which he hoped to settle; bulf that is of
course, entirely different from Persia’s present attitude, which is that there is no
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that Iraq appealer! to the^ouncii^w'e ^ hm Tie^^ngh" ‘of
attemp to prove that the boundary is invalid under international law but h
seems elementary as a matter of principle, that a State cannot, merely because
disputes the validity of a frontier and before the dispute has been decided take
the law into its own hands and try to alter the boundary by unilateral actsofthe
vind complained ot. International relations would become impossible if this
It is obvious that there is a danger of unfortunate incidents if the present
abnoimal situation continues. The Iraqi Government will do its best to nrpvpnt
anythmg of this kind, and invites the Persian Government to do ^ same
Nevertheless, I feel it my duty to urge that every endeavour shall be made to reach
^ fina T 1 settlement with the least possible delay; and, with a view to facilitating
his I declare here and now that my Government is prepared to agree that the
questions m dispute should be referred to the Permanent Court of Internat ona
Justice for an advisory opinion. xntei national
I would add, furthermore, that having found by this means a firm point of
departure for negotiation we are ready and anxious to discuss with Persia in a
may L°ve g^venrise 00 co -°P eratlon . **7 difficulties to which the alignment
M. Kazemi (representative of Persia) : I thank the ravvorteur and am
entirely at his disposal m order to assist him in his task.
Wc have already stated the whole of our point of view in our memorandum
and m the statement which I made before the Council. I desire merelv to lav
stress here on the fact that the Iraqi Government wishes to impCe upoJus al
once, as a provisional measure, the position which it claims should P later be
the°honour ^fffelHnsJJbe T ° “d Pt ^ a demand W ° Uld ' aS 1 have alread y had
thkeTno wfrrant g ’ am ° Unt t0 Creatlng a P resum Ption for which
On behalf of my Government I am prepared to accept—
(1) The continuance, in the interval between the Council’s two sessions of
to accomphshhfs missiom anatl ° nS ne ° eSSary to enable the ra W orie U r
C2) A mutual undertaking all circumstances of fact and law being reserved
in the meantfm^ 1 * mlght COmp!icate the settlement of th § e incident
article H^p^airaiXTtff bav ' n ^’ request to the Council, referred to
anv other nroced^PJ’ I f n ° need ,’ on the ba sis of that text, to submit to
add that on X d ?Qtb t0 r the Counci l To be precise, I may
Optional Clanqp em fp r ’ Imperial Government acceded to the
national^ J, ^1^ ^ ■l urisdlc ‘ lon «f the Permanent Court of Inter-
terms • ’ k 11 a er ^ ln article 36 of the statute, in the following
oresent^dprdflraHnn 111 dis P utes arisin g after the ratification of the
indirectlv to Hip - 1 W y ,?* e ^ ard to sl y u ations or facts relating directly or
and subsermpnt V lca .^ on treaties or conventions accepted by Persia
and subsequent to the ratification of this declaration, with the exception of-
those t0 J :he terr i torial status of Persia, including
and ports ^ G ri ^ ts sover eignty of Persia over its islands
agree to in f egard to 1 whicb the P ar ties have agreed or shall
“ / \ t-)- i lirs ^,i° some other method of peaceful settlement.
fall exclusively within th’eTuksdhS’oTlSJ 7 international laW >
of equalltyl'wbch^Jth^aw'of^the League o^N^ons^I m 01 ^ 00 ’^ Under
dg ue or in ations, 1 must reserve my right, on

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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)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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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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