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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [493r] (994/1010)
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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Extract from paraphrased telegram No. 11 dated 9th January, 1928, from
Sir Robert Clive, Teheran, to Foreign Office, London.
Reference my telegram No. 8 .
Minister of the Court ignoring his other guests last night after dinner took
me to his study. Conversation lasted till 2 the next morning. Prime Mmister
was also present.
Settlement with Iraq as one of the principal neighbours of Persia was also
essential. He mentioned 1913 protocol and said that it was Turkey and not Persia
who did not admit its validity.
In the event of Turkey persisting to show this attitude, it was not fair that
Persia, who under it had obtained satisfactory frontier in Azerbaijan, should be
bound by its terms elsewhere, where she had ceded territory. Protocol ceased to
have effect if one party to the protocol refused to abide by it. Persia felt therefore
that a settlement of frontier question with 4 Iraq was essential The good offices
of His Majesty’s Government were counted upon to help bring about normal rela
tions with ‘ Iraq and to obtain sympathetic attitude towards questions which Persia
• desired to settle.
Extract From Paraphrased telegram No. 6 dated 12th January, 1928,
From Foreign Office, London, to Sir Robert Clive, Teheran.
With reference to your telegram No. 11 (of the 9th January with regard to
the negotiations with Persia).
The remarks of Minister of the Court are disquieting, and unless any grave
'objection is seen you should warn him at once, in terms which will leave him undei
no possible misapprehension, that His Majesty’s Government cannot on certain
matters make the slightest concession to Persian ambitions. For example we can
not admit the validity of their pretensions to Bahrein or acquiesce in any form o
attempt on their part to undermine the position in those Islands. Nor can we, m
order to obtain advantages for ourselves, make any concession to the 1 ersian overn
ment at the expense of ‘ Iraq. We should, I think, continue to emphasize that
questions which affect the Government of 4 Iraq must be dealt wn _separa e F
on their own merits, for in them our obligations to the League o x a ions an
the Government of ‘ Iraq leave us little liberty of action.
ITRACT FROM VERY CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCH No. 19 DATED 12TH JANUARY,
from Sir Robert Clive, K.C.M.G., H.B.M’s Minister, Teheran, to
Austen Chamberlain, K.G., M.P., Foreign Office, London
As I shall not have a further opportunity t 'A s “
> bag leaves, I will attempt to clarify the summ y g
die 9th January of his Excellency’s remarks on the subject ot Iraq
• ^ -i - -ic nf the frontier question. He
He spoke however, without going into (e . < liro t 0 col. It was not Persia
I Turkey did not admit the validity ot the, < Sons were now in progress
ich had disputed this, but Turkey. Protrac e H o ((ues tion on the Turco-
Arngora, in order to reach a settlement of the Kurdish que
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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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