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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [267r] (534/868)
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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SIR JOHN SIMON coiibiderid thut tncre
\V8.6 a closer
connection between trio Question oi‘ a reference oi the
Baiii'ein issue to the Law Officers and the ovuier Questioas
involved, than appeared at first sight. He entirely
agreed with the views expressed by Lord Hailshem as to the
desirability of obtaining the Law Officers’ opinion, he
could not see how it could possibly be argued that this
involved any element of danger. The position as he saw
it was that while it might be very desirable to u sit tight
and maintain the present situation as long as possible, it
might not be physically possible for us to do so. i ou
cannot be sure of being acre to ''sit tight 1 ’ on foreign
territory which you do not continuously occupy, at any rate
with armed force. Our tenure at Basidu ana hen .jam was
therefore definitely not safe. Could we be quite certain
that our tenure was really safe at Bahrein? He did not
pro cose that we should contemplate the evacuation or Bahrein,
but the tactics to be pursued might be influenced by the
strength of our position there. If our position at Bahrein
was in any way doubtful it might strengthen the argument
for staying on as long as possible at Basidu and Hen jam. On
the other hand, if the Law Officers were to say that our rights
at Bahrein were unassailable, we could take a much stronger
line in regard to the Persian claim. In any case it would
make a r reat difference to our manner of handling the case if
we could be assured in our own consciences that our legal
position was unassailable, and would enable us to confront
Persia with a much stronger policy.
He did not see how it could possibly do any British
interest any harm to obtain the best legal opinion as to
the position. If that opinion were to show joints in our
armour it need not affect the aims of our policy. But it was
even mere important to know the precise merits of the case if
the case were bad than if it were good. He couj-d not see wnat
possible advantage could be derived from not ascertaining the
position.
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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)
- 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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