Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [44r] (87/313)
The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1935-16 Apr 1936. 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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Enclosure 5
Commercial Questions.
Tehran telegram and despatch from Chargd d f Affaires
dated the 1st November on the subject of the Iranian Govern
ment’s decision to terminate the Tariff Autonomy Treaty next
May was shown to Minister. It was observed:
(a) that India was not receiving the benefits to which she
was entitled under Article II, in that the Iranian Government
under their Foreign Trade Monopoly Law had declared cotton
piece-goods as a Government monopoly and had imposed monopoly
tax on such goods. They had also levied surcharge on the
rates 'of the Iranian minimum tariff to meet the fall in the
value of their currency. Article II of the Tariff Autonomy
Treaty therefore had not been a safeguard for Indian exports
to Iran. Moreover, Article IV which forbids prohibitions
with certain exceptions has not been observed by Iran as she
applied prohibition not covered by this article, and has
given exemptions to the Soviet Union from prohibitions.
(b) That even if this Treaty disappears, India would be
entitled to most-favoured-nation treatment for her commerce
in Iran on terms of reciprocity under Article 9 of the Treaty
of 1857 and Article 2 of the Treaty of 1903.
(c) That India therefore need not be greatly concerned
with the termination of this Treaty, and we need not in any
case press for a new treaty. If Monsieur Kazemi raises the
matter, our attitude should be non-committal.
(d) That the Treaty is not between India and Iran only,
but between Great Britain, India, and Iran. Obviously
therefore we cannot commit ourselves in any way to M. Kazemi.
20.11.35.
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Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper cuttings relating to an official visit made by the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bagher Kazemi, to Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi, India. The file’s principal correspondents include: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India. Aside from general commercial matters, specific subjects discussed by Kazemi and Government of India officials, as recorded in memoranda and notes in the file, include: the Duzdap [Zahedan] railway; the status of the Political 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, Iran, and questions over its transfer to Bahrain; the demarcation of the Iran-Baluchistan frontier; the employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India at consular posts in Iran; lorry traffic on the Nok Kundi to Zahidan [Zahedan] road. The file also contains a sequence of newspaper articles dated 2-27 February 1936, appearing in the French-language newspaper Le Journal de Teheran , and reporting at length on Kazemi’s visit (ff 6-28).
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- 1 file (154 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 155; 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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- Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:53v, 57r:58v, 61r:118r, 118ar, 118v:119v, 121r:143r, 143ar, 143v:155v, back
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