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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [82r] (163/313)
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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(59 (*)
The Foreign Secretary to the Gort.of India pointed
out certain objections to the suggested change. In the
first place the Govt.of India might be reluctant to abandon
posts which they had filled for a considerat>le time. This
consideration might oe partly sentimental and as such of
no great wight but it also included the necessity,in the
interests of the Govt.of India,of maintaining their influe
nce and organisation in those parts of Iran in ease of any
collapse of the present regime. As to this it was felt,
after discussion, that the main responsioility lay with
H.M.G. through H.M’s Minister at Tehran. A more important
point was that the Govt.of India would expect to be reliev
-ed of their quota of the expenses of these posts and ther«
was a danger that they would thus forfeit their right jto
oe consulted as closely as at present on matters of policy
affecting Persia. Tt was suggested that this last con
sideration would be met if the Govt.of India continued to
pay the salaries of the subordinate officers whose expert
knowledge of local problems would still render them indis-
pensible. It is also for consideration whether it would
not be desirable for a Member of the F. % P.Pept.to be
included in future among the staff of H.M*s Legation at
Tehran,where knowledge of Indian matters(which form so
large a proportion of the daily work of the Legation)
would be of great value.
It was finally agreed that if the Govt.of India
could be assured that they would be relieved of a substan
tial portion of their present financial contribution
the event of the proposed change being introduced,they
would probably be prepared to agree, and that with this
proviso H.M f s Minister might put his proposals before
Seuy.of State for Foreign Affaires.
It was thought that if any such change were to be
introduced the present moment would be the most favourable
as the introduction of the Constitutional Reforms in India
would inevitably in time open the way to pressure from
the Indian side for admission of Indians to Consular
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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