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'File 8/65 VII Renewal of Commercial Treaty 1939.' [65r] (129/140)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1949-19 Dec 1950. 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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COPY
The following
been asked to pass
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
"I understand
that Your Highness
assumption of Republican status may radically alter her
rights under the 1939 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation,
having regard to the fact that Article XT of the Treaty
gives the right to appoint a consul to His Majesty only
and not to the Indian Republic, and also to the fact that
article 1(11) refers to 'nationals of His Majesty'.
2. As Your Highness is aware the 1939 Treaty was sirned
separately 'for Great Britain and Northern Ireland’ and
'for India', which had already acquired a separate inter
national personality. I ar advised that India will con
tinue to possess the rights and obligations negotiated in
such treaties, notwithstanding the impending change in
her constitution from a Monarchy to a Republic, which has,
of course, not yet taken place. Normally changes of
the constitution of a State brought about by normal peace
ful means do not affect its Treaty rights and obligations.
I am also advised that the reference to 'nationals of His
Majesty' in article I(II) should be interpreted in its
future application to India as covering 'Nationals of India'
although they will cease to be 'nationals of His Majesty'."
AIDF MEMOIRE
is the substance of a message which I have
to Your Highness by His Excellency, the
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
:
from His Majesty's Consul in Muscat
has expressed the view that India's
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This file relates to the termination and possible replacement of the 1939 Commercial Treaty between Great Britain and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The file documents preparations for the drafting of a new treaty between the two parties (eventually concluded in December 1951 and ratified in May 1952), following the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] notice of termination of the existing treaty in February 1950.
Related matters of discussion include the following: the question of whether Britain should seek to enter into a separate consular convention with the Sultanate, in addition to negotiating a new commercial treaty; arrangements for the extension of the 1939 treaty.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; officials of the Foreign Office.
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- 1 file (68 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/6/259
- Title
- 'File 8/65 VII Renewal of Commercial Treaty 1939.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:33v, 37r:54v, 56r:61v, 64r:69v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence