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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [163r] (326/868)
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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Bub if in order to maintain the efficiency of the Navy a
policy were to he adopted which was calculated to do serious
injury to the major interests which the Navy was intended to
protect 3 we should be going round in a circle* We should, in
fact, he defeating the major object, for the achievement of which
the Navy was only an instrument - i.e. , the protection of the wid
est interests of the British Empire - in order to develop the ef
ficiency of the instrument itself. Was not such a policy illogical
and inconsistent? Were the playing fields and canteens of this
small Persian island really worth the major political risks which
we were running for their sake? The Admiralty admitted that
Henjam was not absolutely essential for the maintenance of the
efficiency of the Navy, sirce Bahrein could, if necessary, be used
instead. And it was not even as though there v/ere any real hope
of retaining the use of Hen jam much longer. He reminded the
meeting that a year ago Sir R. Hoare had definitely ruled out any
hope of obtaining a lease. It had now become pretty clear that
there was no hope of negotiating any general treaty with Persia on
the basis which had hitherto been contemplated, and he was convinced
that we should now never get even a ^Gentleman 1 s Agreement" about
Henjam.
MR. BAGGALLAY, who had recently returned from His Majesty’s
Legation at Tehran, considered that the Persians objected to the
whole idea of the use of Henjam by His Majesty’s ships, and that
they would certainly sooner or later press for our evacuation. The
difference between a formal lease and a "Gentleman’s Agreement"
was unlikely to appeal to them.
THE CHAIRMAN suggested that it was for the Admiralty and the
Treasury to decide the amount of the insurance premium that it
would be desirable to pay to guard against this risk. The Foreign
Office could only point out that the risk was there.
CAPTAIN KING said that he doubted whether the preparation of
Bahrein would assist the new Minister at Tehran in any negotiations
with the Persian authorities. He thought it probable that any
development of Bahrein would be the critical factor in deciding
the Persian Government to ask for the evacuation oi Henjam. He
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:33v, 35r:102v, 105r:249v, 251r:433v, back
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