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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [159r] (317/644)
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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(11) Belgian Activities.
430. The formation of an “Office d’Expansion Economique Belgo-Iranian ”
in Belgium was announced in the Tehran press towards the end of November.
The object of this concern is to encourage direct dealings between the two
countries. M. Maurice Gondat, the director-general of the concern, arrived at
Tehran at the end of December. According to the local press he will form in
Iran a centre for economic and technical information regarding Belgian industry
and commerce, and will especially study the question of starting a regular
shipping line, flying the Belgian flag, between Antwerp and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
431. This development may be the result of the decision of the Iranian
Government to participate in the Brussels Exhibition, which closely followed the
publication in the press of suggestions to ship Iranian goods to Antwerp rather
than to Hamburg.
432. Sugar, woollen goods, other textiles and a certain amount of railway
material were the chief Belgian imports during the year 1934-35. Excluding
oil, exports from Iran were meagre; cotton, dried fruit and furs were the
principal goods taken.
(12) British Empire Tariffs.
(a) United Kingdom.
433. In November the Iranian Government presented a memorandum
drawing the attention of Elis Majesty’s Government to increases which have been
made since 1928 in the duties levied on the principal Iranian exports to the
United Kingdom, i.e., dried fruits, red oxide and carpets. The receipt of the
memorandum was acknowledged, and the matter was referred to His Majesty’s
Government.
(b) India.
434. In August verbal representations were made by the head of the English
section of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, protesting against certain increases
effected in the Indian Customs Tariff for 1935-36 on exports from Iran to India
of unmanufactured tobacco, raw Iranian silk and carpets. The Government of
India refuted the charge of infraction of the protocol annexed to article 2 of
the Tariff Autonomy Treaty, in view of the fact that the articles mentioned could
not be correctly described as ‘ ‘ the chief Persian articles of export ’ ’ as proved
by statistics supplied, and the increases were merely protective and not
discriminative.
435. Questions were also raised by the Iranian Government with regard to
duties payable on exports of turquoises and wine from Iran. The matter was
discussed at Delhi during the visit of the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs,
when Mr. Caroe explained to Mr. Motamedy that, in the case of turquoises, their
removal from the category of precious stones would not lead to any reduction of
duties, and as now precious stones and articles not specifically mentioned in the
tariff were also liable to a duty of 25 per cent., nothing therefore could be done.
Similarly, duty on Iranian wine could not be decreased, as this would involve
granting a preference to Iran.
(13) Trade Monopoly Law.
436. Under directions from the Secretary of State a note was addressed to
the Iranian Government by His Majesty’s Minister on the 31st May, drawing
attention to the fact that the Foreign Trade Monopoly Law has now been in
operation for some four years, and that article 4, paragraph 2, of the Tariff
Autonomy Treaty of 1928 could no longer be regarded as a justification for its
enforcement. For this reason His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
and the Government of India wished to place formally on record the view
expressed orally and unofficially in the past to members of the Iranian Govern
ment, that the provisions of the Foreign Trade Monopoly Law were incompatible
with the provisions of the Tariff Autonomy Treaty. As was expected, the written
reply received on the 19th September was negative.
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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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- 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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