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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [132r] (263/644)
The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 Mar 1947. 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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which he gave to His Majesty’s Minister and the Commander-in-chief. He
expressed himself as being opposed to omnibus negotiations anti agreed with
His Majesty’s Minister that it would be better to tackle the various questions
one by one, embodying the result later if need be in a general treaty.
15. The Minister for Foreign Affairs was still absent when His Majesty s
Minister left for the Gulf in February, but soon after the latter s return
M. Kazemi informed him of his desire to begin negotiations, adding that he
agreed to a piecemeal procedure.
16. M. Kazemi’s next reference to the question was at the beginning of
April when His Majesty’s Minister called on him to inform him of the decision
taken to evacuate the naval bases at Hen jam and Basidu. M. Kazemi then
embarked on a general discussion of Gulf questions and made the suggestion
that His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom should (a) assist the
Iranian Govrenment to obtain the recognition of Iran s rights in the
Shatt-el-Arab, and (b) recognise Iranian sovereignty over Tamb, Abu Musa
and Sirri. In return the Iranian Government would be ready to recognise (fi) the
independence of Bahrein, and (b) the special treaty relations of His Majesty s
Government in the United Kingdom with the Arab sheikhs.
17. In reply, His Majesty’s Minister used the usual arguments over the
islands and pointed out that it was impossible to reach a practical solution of
the Shatt-el-Arab question until the juridical issue raised by Iran had been
cleared out of the way.
18. M. Kazemi reverted to the matter again about a month later. On this
occasion he laid much more emphasis on the Shatt-el-Arab than on the islands.
As regards the latter he stated that Iran claimed only sovereignty over the
islands and that he would see no objection to leaving the ownership of the land
in the hands of the sheikhs.
19. M. Kazemi also raised the matter on similar lines with Mr. Eden
at Geneva towards the end of May.
-20 As the general situation in Europe made it impossible for His Majesty’s
Government in the United Kingdom to give immediate consideration to the above
proposals, it was the policy of His Majesty’s Minister to maintain a general
resistance to the Iranian claims and to endeavour to slow down negotiations.
But as it happened, not much action was needed on his part, for M Kazemi
never alluded to the matter again on his return from Geneva and the whole
question remained in abeyance for the rest of the year. The possibility must
not, however, be excluded that M. Kazemi was merely waiting until the Irano-
Iraqi dispute had been finally settled.
21 In this connexion it is perhaps worth inviting special attention to the
fact that the Minister for Foreign Affairs, when protesting in the spring against
the ^rant of the red oxide concession on Abu Musa (see Section II (A), 2 (m )),
made a definite appeal to the status quo agreement in support of his arguments,
thus showing that the Iranian Government were not only still prepared to
recognise it, but were ready to cite it themselves.
22. Though not directly connected with the general treaty negotiations, it
may be convenient to mention here the denunciation by Iian in the autumn of
the Tariff Autonomy Treaty of the 10th May, 1928. No mention was made by
the Iranian Government of the notes attached to the treaty, as piinted in
Command Paper 3606/Persia, No. 1 (1930), and it did not seem to be clear whether
the denunciation of that instrument affected them. Certain of them, notably
No 7 relating to judicial safeguards, and No. 8 regarding British missionary
work,’fall more naturally within the sphere of general, rather than of commercial,
questions of interest to the two Governments. His Majesty’s Legation were
awaiting instructions at the end of the year as to whether the question of the
notes should be raised with the Iranian Government.
(2)
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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(a) General.
23 The outstanding event of the year in the Gulf was the transfer in April
of the British naval bases at Hen jam and Basidu to Bahrein and Khor Kuwai.
While this move was carried out primarily for reasons of administrative
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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).
The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).
Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (320 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 321; 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 file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A
Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.
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- Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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