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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [183v] (366/644)
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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the Council. His letter ended with an obscure reference to article 1 of theAnglo-
Iraqi Treaty of 1930, which M. Kazemi hoped afforded His Majesty s Government
in the United Kingdom a locus standi for influencing the Iraqi Government on
questions of foreign policy even if His Majesty’s Government were not directly
concerned in them.
171. M. Kazemi’s offer, as revised, did not differ essentially from the
original, and His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires was instructed to send a polite
reply emphasising the formidable nature of the detailed work required in con
nexion with a settlement of the Shatt-el-Arab and urging that the Iranian and
Iraqi Governments should get down to detail. He was further to repeat that His
Majesty’s Government did not desire a settlement of the frontier dispute to be
held up by a decision as to the future control of the river, essential though this last
would be to a satisfactory final settlement.
172. Meanwhile, the Iranian delegation which went to Bagdad in December
was maintaining desultory negotiations with the Iraqi Ministers. Part of
February was occupied with efforts to redescribe the land frontier from north to
south to meet the Iranian wishes, instead of from south to north as in the 1913-14
protocol. In March Colonel Ward, Director of the Port of Basra, at the request of
the Iraqi Government, first visited the river between Khorramshahr and Abadan
Reach with Colonel Bayendor of the Iranian navy, with a view to joint recommen
dations as to the size of the anchorage and then enumerated for the Iraqi
Government’s benefit many points arising in connexion with the navigation and
conservancy of the river.
173. On receiving these, Yasin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
communicated to the Iranian delega
tion a list of the reservations he would have to attach to the cession of an
anchorage. They included a provision that the part of the Shatt-el-Arab forming,
the anchorage should remain open in all circumstances of peace and war for
navigation of the ships of all nations and for the free passage of all warships
belonging to Iraq and her allies.
174. The Iranian delegation produced in reply a new draft treaty, principal
features of which were—
(1) A waterfront at Abadan from the northern part of Shutait island to
No. 1 jetty, extending to the medium filum aquce.
(2) A provision for the free passage of Persian warships from the sea to the
mouth of the Khaiyun Canal.
(3) The omission of all mention of a board to control either navigation or
conservancy.
(4) Provisions for an Irano-Iraqi commission to delimit the land frontier.
175. Shortly afterwards, on the 22nd March, the day after the Persian New
Year, M. Samiy, Iranian Minister in Bagdad and head of the delegation there,
left hurriedly for Tehran to replace M. Kazemi as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The precise reasons for M. Kazemi’s fall are obscure, but it seems very probable
that among them was his failure to present the Shah with any substantial progress
in relations with Iraq. Anxiety to be able to do so was, it can hardly be doubted,
an important reason for M. Kazemi having tried so hard to enlist the help of His
Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom towards speeding up some
conclusions.
176. On the 1st April the Iraqi Government communicated hurriedly and
without consulting any British adviser except Colonel Ward a counter-draft to the
agreement proposed by the Iranians, which in various ways was not satisfactory
to His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, who therefore reserved
their right to comment later. Both the drafts were, however, rendered out-of-date
by a telegram from M. Samiy in Tehran repudiating any official validity for his
own draft. Shortly afterwards the whole Iranian delegation were withdrawn
from Bagdad. Before they left a member of it visited His Majesty’s Ambassador
and said°that they had made it clear to the Iraqis that what they wanted were
{a) an anchorage at Abadan on the same terms as the water at Mohammerah, and
(b) a Tripartite Conservancy Board to control the Shatt, but not the Karun and
Bahmanshir. They were still waiting for Iraq to propose British participation in
the negotiations.
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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.
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- 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.
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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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