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Coll 7/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: suggested Anglo-Persian Arms Traffic Agreement. Persia and the Arms Traffic Convention' [‎400r] (810/1190)

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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MRo IjAlLlf'JAlFh said that the question of control of arms
txie
traffic in/ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the possibility of a bilateral
arms traffic a^neem^nt with Persia 5 had formed the subject of
considerable discussion from time to time between the India
Office and the Foreign Office, in point of fact the
political case turned to a very large extent on the
military factors outlined by Mr. Brown, At the moment
the position was not really unsatisfactory. Naval
vigilance, coupled with the fact that both the Persians
and Ibn Gaud were anxious to keep arms traffic in their
territories under control, had resulted in reducing it to
negligible proportions. To that extent therefore re
tention of the special zones was possibly of less importance.
But 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. had to consider the future and the fact
that a relaxation of control might take place in those
countries, the result of v/hich v/ould be to render the
retention of the special zone arrangements of greater
importance than at the memento
He referred to the fact that the Government of India
had taken strong exception to the classification of Indian
and Burman vessels as native ships and enquired whether
the abolition of special zones v/ould mean automatically
the abolition of the definition native ships*,
CAPTAIN DANCKWERTS intervened to remark that he was
quite certain this was so,
MR. LAITHWAITE continuing, said he presumed also
that if a general convention was concluded at Geneva, to
which both Persia and ourselves were parties, there would
be no objection to our supplementing this general
convention with a bilateral Anglo-Persian regional
agreement in respect of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. area.
Ill
.—'A- *
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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

Physical characteristics

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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