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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [52r] (104/868)
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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likely to take* I aaiA that it »ae f of eonrtr**, quite
li&pooslble for m* to eay* From what he had Juat told ae t
the qu .etion eoemed to be In precisely the same position
as when the Gounoil last considered It* The yulldity of
the 1914 Protocol was still the stumbling block to any
armrkgem^nt, and It seemed to me that no propr os could be
made until this pur ly 1-gal question had been cleared out
of the way* M• Ala Intimated that the Persian objeetion to
reference to the Permanent Court was still as strong as eTar #
and he wondered whether there was not any other body to which
r*if• r«iioc could be made* I pointed out that there was no body
of equal standing and recognis d impartiality* and that no
feA hoc body, so far as I could see, would hore the same weight
and authority* 14* Ala suggested that the Council Itself
might, perhaps, deal with the matter* It oould not do so
under Article ll t but perhaps Article 15 of the OoT^nant
might be invoked* I diet not diaousa this in detail, beyond
remarking that I thought the Council would be Tory reluctant
to pronounce on what was, after all, a purely legal issue*
11* Ala contended that the ? rslans had brought forward a
number of considrrations which wore not purely legal; they
w re considerations of history or equity* I agreed, but
aaid that th^se considerations, although perhaps not strictly
legal in themsolves, all bore on the legal validity of the
1914 Protocol, and the validity of that Protocol remained the
central point* 1 expr seed regret that It should not be
possible to r ach some agr traent without having to pursue
this legal point* The Iraqis had made It perfectly clear
that they were willing to give the Persians a share in the
management of the Shatt-el-Arab, and it should surely be
possible/
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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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- File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 2r:33v, 35r:102v, 105r:249v, 251r:433v, back
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