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Coll 28/51 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Treaty negotiations: Article regarding private claims.’ [‎20r] (39/357)

The record is made up of 1 file (176 folios). It was created in 13 Apr 1932-28 Dec 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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Sir,
1955 J ?oh^ictN omci,,
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IBth March, 19,55.
X arn directed by Secretary 3ir John Simon to acknowledge
the receipt of four volume a,embodying the results of the
examination of British claims against the Persian Government
whien you underuco ' at his request in June 1935, and containing
a ’Goriurcu fovieu" of the cl elms ouestion and a large number
of mei.ioranda on the indivinaul claims.
volumes bear ample witness to the thought and
labour v,Meh their eonpilation has entailed, and I nm to
convey to you an expression of Sir John Sinon's high
appreciation of the able mannar in which you have carried, out
your task and the core hiob you h.tve bestowed upon its
problems.
f. The "General Peviev.' Is .tn admirable synopsis of the
history of the question, while the individual memoranda will
prove valuable for purposes of reference In all future
correspondence and negotiations on this subject, in addition,
the views which you express upon the merits of certain clafag
and classes of claims will b of assistance to those who are
called upon to deal ,1 th this question hereafter.
4. Sir John Simon is now considering, in the light of your
report, rat steps should ana can be taken to secure a
/ settlement
3. Ritchie, iiaq., C.M.G. , ).B. f.
61, Ham n 1 0 n Road,
Teddington.
Middlesex.
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the drafting of an article for the Anglo-Persian Treaty, concerning private claims made against the British and Persian Governments. The correspondence concerns: the exclusion from the article of British Indian claims; an agreement by both parties to not pursue certain claims arising from the ‘exceptional circumstances obtaining during the [First] world war’ (f 155); general treaty instructions from 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. , sent to the British Legation in Tehran; details of an historic claim for approximately £900,000, made against the British Government by a Persian subject named Socrates Atychides, whose ship, the Kara Deniz , was detained and declared as prize at Bombay [Mumbai] in 1914; a printed copy of a general review of British claims against Persia, prepared by Hugh Ritchie, formerly of the Foreign Office. Ritchie’s review includes indexes to supplementary volumes (not included in the file) entitled Persia (Legation Claims) , Persia: Consulate Claims (Peace-Time), and Persia: Consulate Claims (War-Time) (ff 22-51). The indexes are lists of British claimants.

Principal correspondents in the file include: John Charles Walton and John Gilbert Laithwaite of 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. ; George William Rendel and Christopher Frederick Ashton Warner of the Foreign Office; W R L Trickett of HM’s Treasury.

The file contains a single paragraph of French text: a draft of the claims article submitted by the Government of Persia (f 168).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (176 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 178; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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