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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎497r] (1002/1010)

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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arising along the Perso-Iraq frontier at any time- hm n* „
.conclusion that the circumstances affecting Perso-Irao rpwL ? 0 \? CCept the
be brought before the League Council un'der parag^r f ^^ArS
Covenant, as threatening to “disturb international peace or the ill ° l he
“ standing between nations upon which peace depends” Tr ic m d Under "
wholly unnecessary for His Majesty’s Government to act as if theilerla^riol
danger of the immediate outbreak of war. He recognises that the recent pohcv
of the Persian Government toward Iraq, as exemplified in the Abadal ncFdents
has been unfriendly, and even provocative; but whether any specific action on their
part could he shown to exceed their strict legal rights is open to question ° Their
insistence on the removal of the Abadan office of the Basra Port Authority from
Persian soil, which is the only decision taken by the Persian Minister of Finance
which has not since been reversed by his government, can scarcely be obiected to
m principle; and it would be impossible to complain to the League of Nations that
the Persian attitude threatens to disturb international peace without beum able to
produce definite proof that Persia had exceeded her rights or acted in a warlike
manner.
7. The attitude of the Persian Government towards ‘Iraq could perhaps
be brought to the notice of the League of Nations m the A-nnual Report supplied
by His Majesty’s Government under Article 3 of the Council’s decision of Sep
tember 1924. This course would be free from the objections which, as indicated
above, preclude action under Article 11 of the Covenant; but apart from the
consideration that it could not in any case be taken until the time comes, next
year, to present the Annual Report on ‘ Iraq for 1928, the Secretary of State is
strongly averse from entering upon any anti-Persian campaign before the League
Council in present circumstances. Such a campaign would only embitter Anglo-
Persian relations, without improving the relations between Persia and ‘ Iraq; and
Sir Austen Chamberlain feels that the primary object of His Majesty’s Government
should be to secure a friendly settlement of the questions of recognition and
judicial safeguards on the lines recently proposed by Sir R. Clive. If, however,
conciliatory action on these lines fails to bring about a settlement and a complete
deadlock is reached, he will then be prepared to reconsider the desirability of
bringing the situation to the knowledge of the League. In the meantime, and in
view of the considerations set forth above, it appears to him unnecessary to hold an
inter-departmental conference on the subject.
8 . Copies of this letter are being sent to the Admiralty, Air Ministry,
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. , and Board of Trade.
I am, etc.,
(Sgd.) Monteagle.
The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
9th June 1928.
•58355/28
ir, .
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to acknowledge ie ^ dp ^| nc -q er ^ s
'fflce letter No E. 2388/2014/34 of the 24th of May, r ®g” d ‘“° ^ sUte for th e
; Abadan and the general relations between Persia anc a arees’that in
[formation of Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain t ^ proposal that Persian
ie present circumstances there is no necessity to pu }_ * l or sugges-
sssels should be refused permission to anchor m the ^ should be addressed
on that a communication on the subject of Perso-Iraq
> the League of Nations. ^ ^ ^
2. He observes, however, that in a letter written on the ^ 20th April,
copy of which was enclosed in Sir R. Clive’s r ^ esp ^_p . n p ro t 0 col of 1913 had
ie Persian Minister of Court stated that the Turc

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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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