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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [‎16v] (33/868)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (432 folios). It was created in 24 Jan 1934-5 Aug 1936. It was written in English. 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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Ministry of War hitherto to agree to our proposals for vessels of the Gulf
Division fuelling at Abadan was due to mauvaise volonte, and to nothing else.
It was absurd to argue that they would lay themselves open to a corresponding
demand from Russia. The position was utterly different. At Abadan there was
a huge British company developing Iranian resources, bringing huge sums of
money into Iran and doing an educational and development work among Iranian
youths which was of immense value and which I had seen myself. The ships in
the Gulf were in a special category; the privilege we were asking for was only
in urgent cases of fuelling. Their answer to Russia was obvious. Moreover, a
year ago the Shah had assured me of his desire for close relations between the
two navies. I pressed him as strongly as I could to induce the Ministry of War
to agree. I asked if the Shah knew the facts of the case; he replied that His
Majesty only knew the bare outline. I said, as regards the Russian argument,
that we might as well argue that, if we gave the Iranian ships repair facilities
at Bombay, we should be incurring an obligation to give theni to Siam and China
equally. M. Soheily said that the difficulty was that the Ministry of War didn t
see the question in the true light.
14. Finally, returning to the general subject, I urged him as earnestly as
I could to get these questions settled. M. Soheily, who took a certain number of
notes, promised to do his best.
15. Whether he is successful or not in getting the old cases settled. I do
think that he will secure some improvement in the future.
H. M. K.-H.
January 26.
Enclosure 2.
Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen to M. Soheily.
(Personnelle.)
Chere Excellence, Le ^7 janvier 1936.
JE vous envoie ci-joint le memorandum concernant les differentes questions
dont nous avons parle hier. Vous savez combien je suis reconnaissant envers
vous et tout le Ministere de tout ce que vous faites pour aider a solutionner ces
questions. J’espere que bientot je n’aurai plus a vous importuner.
H. M. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN.
Enclosure 3.
Memorandum.
HIS Majesty's Minister has, on many occasions during the past year, had
the honour to address the Iranian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, both verbally
and in writing, on the subject of the treatment of British subjects in East Iran.
These cases include the forcible employment of British Indian lorry drivers in
zones of danger, the arrest and expulsion of British Indians without the legal
formalities usual on such occasions, and the vexatious and unjust treatment of
pilgrims. His Majesty’s Minister observes with regret that, up to the present,
in spite of repeated representations, these matters remain unsettled.
2. First, as regards the case of British Indian lorry drivers, which actually
occurred in December of the year before last (1934), it is remarked with satis
faction that His Majesty’s Minister has now received verbal assurances from the
Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs that compensation is about to be paid. In view of the long
delay and the serious circumstances of the case, which were described to the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs in full detail in a memorandum dated the 7th July,
1935 (the 15th Tyr, 1314), His Majesty’s Minister reiterates his earnest hope that
a speed}- and satisfactory settlement will now be made of these cases.
3 . A further case of requisitioning of British Indian lorry drivers occurred
recently and was brought to the notice of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in
an aide-memoire left with the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on
the 19th December (the 27th Azar) last, which was followed by another aide-
memoire giving fuller details on the 2nd January (the 11th Dey). These were

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This volume contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the British and Persian [Iranian] governments in order to resolve a number of outstanding issues including the status of Basidu.

In addition to correspondence, the volume contains the following documents:

  • 'Speech by His Imperial Majesty the Shah at the Majlis on the Day of its Reopening for the Tenth term, Khordad 5, 1314 June 6,1935); (folio 34)
  • 'Memorandum by Mr. Eden upon a Conversation at Geneva on May 22, 1935, with M. Kazemi, the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, respecting Anglo-Persian relations' (folio 45)
  • 'Anglo-Persian Relations. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen's conversation with Persian Minister.' (folios 119-122)
  • 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Minutes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee held at No. 2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1. on Thursday, 25th October, 1934, at 3.30 p.m.' (folios 130-137)
  • 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Minutes of the Thirty-fifth meeting of the Sub-Committee, held at No. 2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1., on Friday, October 12th, 1934, at 3,30 p.m.' (folios 151-168)
  • 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Ministerial Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Bahrein. Memorandum by Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.' (folio 169)
  • 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Minutes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee held in the Room of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, House of Commons, S.W.1, on Monday, June 11th, 1934, at 4.0 p.m.' (folios 261-276)
  • 'Relations with Persia. Admiralty Memorandum', 1934 (folios 284-289)
  • 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Ministerial Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Persian Policy. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for India', 1934 (folios 290-291)
  • 'Persia. Memorandum by Sir R. Vansittart' Foreign Office, 1934 (folios 316-317)
  • 'Committee of Imperial Defence. Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Minutes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee held in Conference Room 'A', No. 2, Whitehall Gardens, SW1, on Friday, May 4th, 1934, at 3.45 p.m.' (folios 355-378)
  • 'Proposed Anglo-Persian General Treaty. Position reached on January 17, 1934' (folios 417-431).

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (432 folios)
Arrangement

The subject 200 (Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations) consists of eight volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1250-1257. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3, 4 and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6 and 7 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 8, 9 and 10 comprising one volume each.

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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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 433; 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.

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