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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [468r] (944/1010)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPE RTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOYERNMENT
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
3
February 12, 1935.
Section 2.
E 1002/32/34]
No. 1.
Sir E. Drummond to Sir John Simon.-
142.)
{Received February 12)
(No. 142.)
Sir
’ IN my telegram No. 89, despatched in the early^r/ofto mornins I
attempted to summarise the position reached in the Perso-Iraqi dispute up’to
date; I now have the honour to record in full the events of the last few days in
connexion with this case. m
2 Your telegram No. 86 instructing me to inform Baron Aloisi of the a'rave
objections which His Majesty’s Government saw to the proposals put forward by
the rapporteur ooth from a political and practical standpoint, reached me in thl
course of the 7th February, but its text was not completely decyphered until the
afternoon Baron Aloisi was engaged m negotiations over the Saar that day and
1 myself had a long discussion with Signor Pilotti of the League Secretariat that
afternoon, to which I shall make reference later. In the circumstances, therefore
I sent down tne first secretary to see Signor Biancheri, Baron Aloisi’s assistant!
Mr. JNichols confined himself m this conversation to saving that the draft con-
ven ion proposed by Baron Aloisi was open to the gravest objections, both from a
political and practical standpoint, and arranged to give him "further details early
“ e , followl “ g morning before the meeting which was due to take place on the
o n 4ebruary between the Persian and Iraqi representatives under Baron Aloisi.
3. I have referred above to a conversation which I had with Signor Pilotti
on the afternoon of the 7th February. Signor Pilotti, whom, of course, I know
well, has been entrusted by the Secretariat of the League with following and
helping the rapporteur in the Perso-Iraqi dispute, and has come to Rome for this
purpose. In the course of a very long discussion with him, I was unable to induce
him to depart from his thesis that Persia was entitled to have some say in the
legal administration of the river. While I need not go at length into the whole
of our conversation, one point of importance emerged to which I drew special
attention in my telegram under reference, viz., the suggestion made by
Signor Pilotti that it might be possible for Persia to agree to go to The Hague
Court on the question of the validity of the treaties, and simultaneously to ask
that the court should lay down what rights accrued to her as regards the adminis
tration of the river from these treaties, and to ask for the framing of regulations
to implement such rights, if any. Signor Pilotti also suggested at one moment
that the acceptance by Iraq of provisional arrangements under which Persia
should participate in the administration of the river might be made conditional
by Iraq on acceptance by Persia of a reference to The Hague Court of the validity
of the treaties—but in making this suggestion I rather believe he was expressing
his own view and had no knowledge of what would be the Persian reaction to such
a proposal.
4. Early on the following morning (8th February) the first secretary com
municated to Signor Biancheri the letter I had addressed to Baron Aloisi, setting
forth the views of His Majesty’s Government on his proposals for a draft
convention. (For text of these proposals please see my telegram No. 8 (Saving)
of the 5th February.) I enclose a copy of my letter to Baron Aloisi, together with
its enclosure; it will be observed that the point regarding the importance His
Majesty’s Government attach to British participation in any future permanent
arrangements regarding the Shatt-el-Arab is mentioned in the letter itself,
whereas the enclosure, in the form of a memorandum, reproduces the arguments
on the main issues contained in your telegram No. 86. Signor Biancheri read the
letter through with care and at once put his finger on the concluding portion of
the covering letter, dealing with the importance which His Majesty s Government
attach to British participation. Mr. Nichols pointed out that this was merely an
incidental observation, and that the views of His Majesty’s Government were
based on the arguments contained in the memorandum. The following is the gist
[340 m—2] B
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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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- 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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