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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [79r] (158/868)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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PERSIA.
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January 28, 1935.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 3.
[E 612/76/34]
No. 1.
Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen to Sir John Simon.—(Received January 28.)
(No. 14.)
Tehran, January 11, 1935.
AS I had the honour to inform you in my telegrams Nos. 14 and 16 of the
10th January, the Shah received the Naval Commander-in-chief. East Indies, and
myself at the Pahlavi Palace on that day. The Prime Minister was also present
and acted as interpreter.
2. Admiral Rose took an early opportunity to express pleasure at the
contact which had been established between the British and Persian navies during
the latter s visit to Trincomalee, to pay a compliment to the smart appearance of
the Persian navy, which he had recently seeen in the Gulf, and to assure His
Majesty of his desire to encourage friendly relations and co-operation between
the two navies in those waters. The Shah at once warmly reciprocated these
sentiments. He said first that his ships could not fittingly be dignified with the
name navy, they were very small in size and numbers. His Majesty went on
to declare that his only object in having ships was to protect his coasts, and
especially to prevent smuggling, which had increased enormously since the intro
duction of the Trade Monopoly Law. He had no aggressive or unfriendly
intentions towards His Majesty’s Government, he realised that their interests in
the Gulf were great, and he cherished no resentment of their presence there. He
was most anxious to promote friendly co-operation between the two navies.
3. I interposed at this point to suggest that these sentiments could with
advantage be translated into action and that some means should be devised to
make them realised by all ranks in both navies. Would not His Majesty cause
instructions in this sense to be sent to the Persian navy. The Shah replied that
he had already sent such instructions, but that he would certainly do so again.j
(He repeated this at the conclusion of the audience an hour and a half later.) |
Admiral Rose then mentioned, as an instance of the minor difficulties which
were created for the British naval officers in the Gulf, that on his arrival at
Henjitm a few days ago the Acting Governor had neglected to call on him. After
exchanging glances and a few words with the Prime Minister, the Shah replied
that the Acting Governor was a man of inferior status and neither he nor the
Prime Minister knew him.
4. His Majesty stated, in the course of subsequent conversation, that he
intended to add to the navy, and also to purchase a passenger vessel. He hoped
it might be possible to satisfy these needs in the United Kingdom. With regard
to the passenger ship he had sent instructions to M. Sepahbodi, the Persian
Minister in Rome, to make enquiries with a view to deciding where the purchase
could be most favourably made.
5. After some small talk, I enquired after the Valiahd, and, in the course
of conversation, His Majesty remarked that he might be thinking of sending one
or more of his sons to an English university. I said that if he pursued this idea
I hoped he would allow me to be of assistance.
6. When the audience had lasted for about an hour and a quarter, His
Majesty asked whether, before the officers of Admiral Rose’s staff were brought
in to be presented, we had any points which we wished to bring up.
7. I answered that while we were anxious to do all we could to improve
our relations and to remove existing difficulties on our side, we desired to bring up
no individual points, but that if His Majesty wished to raise any question the
presence of the Commander-in-chief appeared to afford an excellent opportunity
which would not soon recur.
8. His Majesty replied that what he was saying was “not merely words,”
and proceeded to speak as if he were under the impression that I had made or
was on the point of making some suggestion for the resumption of treaty nego
tiations. He said that, of course, if we desired a general treaty it would always
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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.
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- 1 volume (432 folios)
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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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