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Coll 7/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: suggested Anglo-Persian Arms Traffic Agreement. Persia and the Arms Traffic Convention' [‎498v] (1007/1190)

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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claims would be less damaging than a settlement which his critics could represent
as weakness before Bntish^pressvme.t d tches f r0 m various European capitals
^ • L Minister or Foreign Secretary concerned was experiencing
rffichv in'adopting the policy which he admitted to be the right one, at any
Jafe until he knew how the electoral cat would .pimp; and so I do not judge
Teymourtache harshly. g despatch, with its enclosures, to the Foreign
\°-,. v iHhe Government of India (No. 106), the Honourable the Political
Sent i^ the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (No 90 ) and to Hi s Majesty s High Commissioner
at Bagdad for the information of Sir E. Howel . ^ ^ &c
TJ Tin A DT'
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Interview with their Highnesses Feroughi and Teymourtache, May 22,1932.
1 SPENT from 10 a.m. till nearly 5 p.m. with Teymourtache and Feroughi
Mv announcement of the decision to transfer the air route to the Arab coast
M L; erfectlv calmly It was therefore unnecessary to do more than
was received pertec , • , | t } at jf t h e Persian route were opened
touch on our reasons. When I m0 st-favoured-nation rights,
‘''H^dVCTf experience slwed-and only experience could show-that the
and said that if e f u bl mi ght reopen the question, Teymourtache
” G.S,nS wh= S&& with th.
article 1 proposed to attach to article 3 (ships
visitsx'wsproposal* was admitted to be an advance, although not regarded as
completely satisfactory.
Our Basidu draft (article 5) was accepted. considerable
Slavery (Article 10).-His Majesty’s Government noted a conside
advance, but comments on certain points would be sent to me. .
Claims (Article P2).-His Majesty’s Government his Highness Qf ^
views on his rough draft (see relative paragrap i o inv f would send me
24th February), which, of course, did not cover the ground, and would
detailed proposals. , „ , . . i , ... ,,,hieh taken in
And so we came to Henjam and Bahrein, with regard to whicn,
conjunction and also individually, we had quite an en e i n the course of
tempered discussion. It went on for a long time on f™ 1 iar p ’• Q 0V ernment
which Teymourtache suggested for the first tune that t e le room at
needed Henjam for themselves; to this I replied that the ^tach-
Henjam for both of us and that it was obvious, viewing the mat ^ e . a g00 d
ment, that the incipient Persian navy had everything to gam ^ er f e ctly
example fairly frequently before their eyes, which he admi • ^ing the
true. Teyroourtache was insistent that, but for the necessi y o own ^ouse,
irregularities which had grown up when Persia was not mas er 1 . r |. s
he would not have dreamt of grudging us the hospitality o . g a ] ir eiii.
general and facilities at Henjam in particular, and so we sett e i j wa s
Teymourtache was curiously insistent in pressing tor a > ^ was out
equally insistent in refusing to consider Tamb and in declaring ensa tion.
of the question to press me to make any further tentative oner o n ever
I said that he must be quite clear that His Majesty s ^ ov 1 e 1 rl ? true sense
admitted that Persia was entitled to any compensation at al i i c worse
of the term, because in their view the Persian title to Bahrein was ^ ^ 0 th the
than our title to Basidu and the Persian title to Sirri was .i^ s ^, as ^^jpance valu®'
other titles. All we admitted was that the Persian claim had a A ^jnk. at
a term which I had some difficulty in explaining in French. A ^

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Content

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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