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Coll 7/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: suggested Anglo-Persian Arms Traffic Agreement. Persia and the Arms Traffic Convention' [‎79r] (168/1190)

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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COPY OP TSLiURAM.
Prom. C-in-c., isaet Indies.
^.rection received 1558 lo th .
Bate 9.5*33.
Reed. 0530.
Addressed Admiralty, repeated Oin-CU f Mediterranean, s.N.O.
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 8*0. Red Sea Sloops.
BgO. Your 1238 6tii May as stated in my 359 4th December
1932 I consider that the (? Maritime) zone should be retained
in the l ersian Gulf and Gulf of Oman if possible Persian
susceptibilities being met by extension of powers to all vessel
(?nnder a) certain size instead of only to native vessels/
It is noted that under the 1925 Arms Traffic Convention Persia
if a signatory would have seme rigfr of general maritine
supervision as ourselves and would have sole right in her own
territorial waters.
Paragraph 2. (? If) retention of the maritime zone proves
impracticable I consider that the suggested bilaterial treaty
with Persia might be accepted substitute provided (a) right to
verify flag flown is accorded (b) suggested protocol by the
principal powers indicating that they would have no objection to
British warships supervising vessels flying country (countries)
flag (s) would in fact be obtainable.
Paragraph 3. With regard to (a) experience has shown that
-he right of verification of flag flown is the first essential
when gun running or (?slave) trading has to be dealt with.
If versification were not possible gun runner(s) could avoid all
supervision by changing flag to suit warship sighted.
Paragraph 4. it might no doubt be necessary to give Persia
reciprocal right(s) of verification of flag but she would in
any case have this right under the 1925 Arms (?Traffic Convention
if she became a signet ory thereto.
Paragraph 5. With regard to (b) proposed protocol appears to
confer rights wider than those accorded by the Arms Traffic
Convention as supervision preaa mably includes right of search
If such wider rights were unobtainable consider that the lesser
(?rights) visualised (?by the) (?Arms) (?Traffic) Convention
would be acceptable.
Paragraph 6. It appears desirable that (?Ira(i) and (?possibly
Hedj should be parties to the protocol as well as the
principal Powers.
Paragraph 7. I am not clear as to whether the ..'roposed,
Persian declaration that she wonII raise ( • no objection) to
(? H*M.Ships) supervising non (? Persian) shipping would apply in
Persian territorial waters but if teo this would seem a desirable
extension of the power accorded by the (‘’Arms) Traffic Convention
(?full stop)
Paragraph 8. Persian Pavy has recently been very active and it
is not considered safe assumption that its supervision will be in
future negligible. If gun running revives in the Persian all
it is considered necessary in the present conditions to visualise
co-operation between H.M#Ships and the Jersian^Navy in its_
suppression.
1714Z/8.

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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:

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).

Extent and format
1 volume (591 folios)
Arrangement

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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