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Coll 7/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: suggested Anglo-Persian Arms Traffic Agreement. Persia and the Arms Traffic Convention' [61v] (133/1190)
The record is made up of 1 volume (591 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1926-28 Jun 1933. 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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Government, has been put forward with a view to meeting the situation. The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and the Gulf of Oman would not be included in the special maritime
zone provided for in the body of the Convention to be negotiated at Geneva but A
would be dealt with by the following separate instruments :— ’
4. A bilateral Anglo-Persian Convention would be concluded, by which
Persia would assume full responsibility for supervising all shipping flyino- the
Persian flag on the high seas of the two gulfs, but would undertake not to claim
any right to control any shipping not flying her flag in this area. This Convention
would be accompanied by a multilateral protocol (to which Persia would not
however, be a party), by which the contracting parties, in so far as each was
concerned, would recognise either the exclusive right of His Majesty’s Govern
ment, or, alternatively, the common right of all the contracting parties to the
protocol, to visit and control shipping under 500 tons not flying the Persian flao'
These two instruments would be negotiated, and would enter into force
simultaneously with the main convention, and the exclusion of the two Gulfs
from the Special Maritime Zone provided for in the latter would be conditional
on these two instruments being accepted.
5. A decision is now required as to which of the two following alternative
courses of action should be pursued
(a) His Majesty s Government could ignore the Persian representations and
continue to press for a convention closely reproducing the provisions
of that of 1925, and, in particular, including the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
the Gulf of Oman m the Special Maritime Zone; or
*5) An attempt could be made to meet the Persian wishes by excluding the
two Gulfs from the Maritime Zone provided for in the Convention,
and by dealing with them m the two separate instruments proposed in
paragraph 4 above. r 1
lead ^to thp 1 id t0 C0U J Se (a \ is while it would almost certainly
about a sitnatinn 0 - ^■ om the Disarmament (conference and bring
would not n nraotF Considerable Anglo-Persian friction in the Gulf area, it
be a LitVto Hp ^ ° f th ? n S hts we desire * As Persia would not
aW n^htLver shin ^ 0uld n0t ac A uire under that Convention
any shadowv rip-htF WP , 6 F eiSlan and P e f s ia w T ould certainly challenge
rights have no sound Ipc/Th 1 P r ^ ent be exer cising, more especiallv as those
or°control^ sMds S fl\dn p- tf^ P* 1818 ^ should we acquire no rights to visit
have not yet^ban^doifpd^thr 61,81 ^^ lfc is P^bable that the Persians, who
Persian orrecopri i^d 1 ^ aim t0 and certain otb er islands in the
themselves claim rights oL^th^shiDm^ 1 ? 11 ^^^ the Arab rillerS ’ might
incidents in respect of which we shoufd hp 0i the f territ< ? rie .s, and provoke
redress. Further, the develormpru ° U u )e P ower l es . s to obtain any effective
would inevitably further weahpn ^ ^ uc b a state of friction in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
increase the likelihood of p Pr <r r aready precarious position at Hen jam, and
withdrawal. f 1 Sla P ressin g her demand for our immediate
in practice we could secure a sufficierd/ 0 F 1686 ldsbs ’ it is doubtful whether
to make the new Convention effective Thp IT™! ^ u PP ort , for our policy at Geneva
have reported that the policy of the orp^H^ 1111 ^ Km ^ dom delegation at Geneva
Majesty’s Government is viewed with litH ° n s P ecia i z °nes advocated by His
seated at Geneva, and that it mav hp / kYaipathy by the other Powers repre-
to accept it. The matte r i s r I^ r ty atter of ^at d.fficulty to persuade then
Government and the Persian Gov/rnmlf^ between His Majesty’s
majority of the other Powers conFF^Pd ’ f ld F ere is reason to believe that the
Point of view and will resent our‘action s y m P athise with the Persian
rom the Conference. Even if we cnm bringing about Persia’s withdrawal
signatures for the new Convention manwfFV ln - °b ta i n ing a fair number of
iatify it. \v e may thus find that we ku-l l sl ^ nato ries are likely to fail to
littl ° U f r r e ve f. a bl. e to control not only no shimV tbe fl s pbstance for the shadow, and
e other shipping either. v ‘ ^ P 111 ^ ^. Vln g the Persian flag, but very
g If h
co-operation!khrcrkll h b a rLAwTth e it ( thc S co d ° Pted ’ We shal1 have secured Persian
opeiation of other Powers. The two
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The volume consists of extensive correspondence, plus minutes and memoranda, relating to the 1925 Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War (Arms Traffic Convention), and the subsequent attempts to reproduce certain of its provisions in an international covenant at the Geneva Disarmament Conference of 1932-1933.
The principal correspondents are: the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the 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. Political Department; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; HM Minister at Tehran (R H Hoare); 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. ; and the UK Delegate to the Disarmament Conference (E H Carr). The volume also contains a number of communications received from members of the Persian Government (Muhammad Ali Foroughi [Furūghī], Abdolhossein Teymourtache, and Anoushirvan Khan Sepahbodi).
The material principally concerns negotiations between the Persian [Iranian] and British Governments. The Persian Government wished to have the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Gulf of Oman excluded from the list of special maritime zones, and sought British support in achieving this at the Conference. In response to British concerns about the possible impact on their ability to effectively limit the transport of arms and slaves in the region, the Persian Government proposed a bilateral Anglo-Persian treaty.
The following topics are discussed in depth:
- general Anglo-Persian relations, and the British desire to make progress with regards to the position of Henjam;
- the traffic in arms and slaves in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Gulf of Oman, and the Red Sea;
- the reluctance of several nations to ratify the 1925 Arms Traffic Convention;
- the definition and designation of 'special zones', 'special maritime zones' and 'native vessels' within the proposed conventions;
- the proposed bilateral treaty, its terms and conditions;
- the rights to inspect foreign vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and British concerns over the ability of Persia to inspect British, Indian and Gulf vessels;
- the possibility of enabling other nations to accede to the bilateral treaty separately, to enable British inspection of the vessels of other nations within the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- and the concerns of the Admiralty over the potential impact that the agreement would have on their ability to police the traffic in arms and slaves.
The following are particular items of interest:
- memorandum of the Persian Delegation to the League of Nations, noting their objections to the Arms Traffic Convention, ff 517-522;
- communication from HM Legation to Tehran, enclosing details of an interview with the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for the Court (Foroughi and Teymourtache), ff 492-500;
- minutes of the Interdepartmental Cabinet Committee on the International Disarmament Conference, ff 394-420;
- details of a meeting between the Foreign Office and the Persian Minister to Switzerland (Sepahbodi), ff 185-192;
- Persian Government aide-mémoire on the progress of the negotiations, ff 121-124.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 volume (591 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 587; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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