Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎12r] (23/644)

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Oountry.
Date of
Signature.
Subject.
Date of
Exchange of
Ratifications.
Date of
Entry into
Force.
Remarks.
Turkey
y
23.1.32
Agreement relating to
the Fixation of the
Frontier Line be
tween Persia and
Turkey
5.11.32
5.11.32
With an exchange of
Notes dated January
23, 1932, concerning
certain frontier posts.
Turkey
5.11.32
Treaty of Neutrality
and Economic Co
operation
• •
On exchange
of ratifica
tions
These two instruments,
which were signed at
Angora, take the place
of the Treaty of Friend-
Turkey
5 11.32
Treaty of Friendship
# *
On exchange
of ratifica
tions
ship and Security of
April 22, 1926, and of
the Protocol of 1928.
Turkey
5.11.32
Exchange of Notes
concerning Extra
dition
5.11.32
No need to submit to
Majlis for ratification.
Negotiations for an
Extradition Treaty are
in progress.
United King
dom and India
17.2.32
Telegraphs Agree
ment
••
1.3.31
Ratified by the Majlis
on May 5, 1932.
U.S.S.R.
27.10.31
Convention of Estab
lishment, Commerce
and Navigation
22.6.32
26.6.32
To last three years.
Note. —In the 11)31 Annual Report it was stated that the ratifications of the Lithuanian Treaty of
Friendship of January 13, 1930, had not been exchanged. It has now been ascertained that the exchange
took place on June 22, 1931, as recorded above.
(F) Propaganda.
124. The budget for 1932-33 makes no mention of press propaganda, but
Item XVI includes the following items under “ Special Government Credits ” :
Foreseen and unforeseen expenditure, 1,500,000 rials; secret expenditure,
200,000 rials; gratuities, 100,000 rials. Under Item XVIII (Undetermined
General Credits) an amount of 3,500,000 rials is inserted for “ unforeseen
expenses.” A few hundred tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. for press propaganda could presumably be
debited under these heads.
125. The official Persian attitude is that the Persian press is entirely free.
There is, however, a Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs named the
“News, Press and Translation Department,’*’ and it is thought that this
Department has something to say as to what the Tehran papers should publish.
It is, however, well known that the police censor newspaper matter and also
issue instructions, both permanent and ad hoc, as to what can, or cannot, be
published. One of the permanent instructions is that no news of any revolutions
in any part of the world must be published.
126. The various outbursts of anti-British sentiment which have been
observed, both on the occasion of the announcement of the relatively small annual
royalty of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and on that of the cancellation of
the company’s concession, have, no doubt, been officially inspired. It does not
appear, however, that any subsidy is now paid to either the Habl-ul-Matin at
Calcutta or the Chihreh-Namd at Cairo.
127. Certain Persian schools are maintained, or subsidised, by the Persian
Government in Iraq; on the 29th December the Majlis passed a law approving
the expenditure of 33,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. in this connexion.
III.— General Treaty Negotiations.
128. At the beginning of the year the Minister of Court was on his way
back from London to Tehran. Before leaving London he had given the Secretary
of State an assurance that immediately upon his return he would strive to reach
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