Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎463v] (935/1010)

9. On the 6th February, morning, Nuri saw Signor Biancheri, explained his
objections to opening negotiations on a far-reaching ‘ c temporary ’’ arrangement
before the procedure for ensuring a definite solution of the substantive problem
and left with him an “aide-memoire personnel.” (Appendix B.) F
10. At the same meeting Signor Biancheri handed to Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. a note
(probably prepared by the Secretariat) which quoted the extract from the
proceedings of the third sitting of the Delimitation Commission containing the
description of the boundary where it leaves low-water line for the medium mum
filum to give Persia the Mohammerah anchorage, and which pointed out that the
navigable channel here appeared to pass through Persian waters. (Appendix C 1
<• 11 T , Nm ‘ i Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. did not immediately recognise the extract and promised
Signor Biancheri to look into the matter. On his return he wrote a private note
to bignor Biancheri pointing out that the passage quoted referred to the
Mohammerah anchorage and suggesting that the consideration of the particular
rights of either party under the Proceedings of 1914 would best be considered
when the validity of the proceedings had been admitted by all concerned
(Appendix D.)
Late the same evening a telegram arrived from Bagdad peremptorily
‘FI TIP 1 NllFl r DQ rl D to POQoo rl i oon ooir\-P ^ A ^ ~ ^ J _ i , -i-p , V
ordering Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to cease discussion of the boundary and to return to Bagdad
12. Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in consequence visited Baron Aioisi at midday on the 7th
February to inform him of this development and handed him a letter, expressing
a hope that his enforced departure would not delay progress since he accepted
either of the proposals hitherto made for the definitive solution, but repeating
bis objections to any formal temporary arrangement that went beyond what was
necessary to prevent a deterioration of the local situation. (Appendix E.)
73 i 13 ' r? n th ? mornin y of the 8t}l February, Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. attended alone, at the
i alazzo Chigi, to meet the rapporteur and the Persian representative, and found
himself confronted by MM. Aioisi, Biancheri, Guarnaschelli and another for
tie rapporteur, Pilotti and his assistant for the Secretariat, and three Persian
delegates, who made a concerted attack on him to persuade him to discuss article
by article me draft temporary arrangement for the Shatt-al-Arab. Nuri
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. explained that he had come to Europe to discuss the Iraqi request to the
u 6 '’ ? e Iraqi com P! amt of Persian aggression and the Persian claim
that the boundary was invalid. He had no authority to discuss this secondary
but far-reaching matter which had been suddenly produced in Rome for the
hrst time. He tried several times to bring discussion back to the real issue
without great success. He did, however, gather that in the proposafTorlhe
^ ^ UriSts tlle ultimate reference to The Hague was not
form) 6 116 ^ xllee j uris ^ proposal has never yet been put on paper in either
■ ?" t l le February, at midday, I visited Signor Pilotti of the League
eta t. ■ g 01 ! 6 of m y .conversation with him is attached as Appendix F.
10. IMlin f rishn snw SiomriY 1 i^ pj 1 1 •
fn cxpf hi-rw f n a S1 f Sa 3 W hl ^ n 1 °I Piancheri later in the afternoon and again tried
aslfed whoth^r^rfif tde Iraqi point of view. Signor Biancheri
ment nf tid a th • le . e ) /ent . 0 I Persian agreement to the proposal for the appoint-
Tron wen a reference to The Hague if necessary,
whether* he tk a ^ datt_a P^ ra I ) draft. In reply to Nuri Pasha’s question
draft and teW 11 h k• la ^ t exact ^ as p stood, Signor Biancheri invited him to
aiatt and telegraph his own proposals.
Febriarv ft, left N Bl 'i ndi T si and Bagdad at midday on the 10th
) • lett at the same time for London and arrived at 7 p.m. on the 11th.
February 12, 1935.
C. J. E.
Appendix A.
/ lempoiaiy Agreement for a form of International Control in the
hhatt-el-A rah.
Handed to Muzahim Bey by Signor Biancheri on February 5, 1935.
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