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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [102r] (214/880)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1914-4 Jun 1928. It was written in English. 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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Under Secretary of State,
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The Government of India 1 s views on the question
referred to in Sir Austen Chamberlains letter were in fact
received on the 26th October last - see despatch flagged in
the file below. The disposal of the case in this Office
would in any event have taken some little time, but
there has been some delay, which I much regret, in this
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Department. Apart from the fact that the case has had
continually to be put aside for more urgent worh, there
have been two reasons for delay , (i) the desire to obtain a
clear view of the very involved financial side of the case,
which is essential before it can further be discussed with
any profit, (ii) the desire to say something to the foreign
Office that will really help towards a satisfactory
solution. It would be easy enough merely to tell the
Foreign Office that the Government of India reject their
proposals, and revert to their own proposals of 1922. But
it would not, I fear, advance matters much. It is our
regrettable experienee in all these matters of incidence of
expenditure that arguments on a basis of principles, such
as were put forward in support of India's proposals, make
no impression if they involve any increase of expenditure for
the Treasury. The one 'principle* that the Foreign Office
have contributed to the discussion in the present instance
is that they will not pay more than they have done hitherto.
It is not easy to see how in the circumstances any progress
can be made. Such chance as there may be of a compromise
seems probably to turn on the possibility of reducing
expenses at Bushire.
From the point of view of India there does not seem
to
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The volume contains papers mostly relating to expenditure incurred in Persia, and the issue of how this expenditure should be divided between the Imperial and Indian Exchequers.
The papers mainly consist of correspondence between 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. and the following: the Foreign Office, the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, and the Treasury; as well as 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. Minute Papers, Reference Papers, and other 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. papers and notes.
The volume mostly concerns diplomatic and consular expenditure, specifically: the question of revising the existing arrangements under which, following the recommendations of the Welby Commission of 1900, the cost of this expenditure in Persia had been shared roughly equally between the Indian and Imperial Revenues (between the Indian Political Department and the Foreign Office); the proposals of the Foreign Office that Indian Political Department posts in Persia should be transferred to the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service, and thus come under the responsibility of the Foreign Office, with the Government of India paying a yearly contribution towards the posts; and the objections of the Government of India to the Foreign Office’s proposals.
The volume also includes papers regarding: the cost of troops from the Indian Establishment employed in Oman and Persia during the First World War; and the projected contribution from Indian Revenues of a moiety of a loan of £2,000,000 to the Persian Government under the ‘Curzon Agreement’ [Anglo-Persian Agreement] of 1919. In addition, it includes some papers relating to expenditure on diplomatic and consular establishments in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , Muscat and China, as well as Persia.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (430 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 3839 (Part 1, Persia, and Part 2, China) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/626-627. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one 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 430; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/626
- Title
- File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900'
- Pages
- 102r:104v, 119r:119v, 161r:161v
- Author
- Philby, Harry St. John Bridger
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