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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [367r] (734/868)
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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dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
, and that ICov/eit, over which Persia was now stated not to
claim sovereignty, and Muscat, which was, of course, an
independent State with treaties with the United States and
Prance, were the sheikhdoms principally affected). The
Minister might, if he thought fit, add that if the Shah thought
the present moment inappropriate for continuing discussions we
had no objection and would be quite prepared to resume them
later. Our real concern was, of course, to maintain the ptatus__
quo s0 long as possible. Time was on our side to the extent
that the Shah was advancing in years and that his decease might
materially alter the general situation. At any rate, action on
the lines suggested above would leave us no worse oif than we
were already and would further emphasise, ii we were later faced
with the possibility of a rupture, that the difiiculties in
concluding any settlement were not of our making but came from
the Persian side.
MR. SSAL considered that if the long view was ta "an, as Mr.
Laithwaite had suggested, it was clear tnat Henjam should be
retained at all costs. It was the best site for a naval station
in the Gulf, and if, as was highly probable, Persia fell into
chaos on the death of the Shah, or beiore, Henjam might be of
much greater use to us than it was now. He did net want it to
fall into Italian hands when the Shah died.
MR. RSLIDSL observed that the status quo understanding was
even at present of a very flimsy nature and of little practical
value, at any rate as regards Basidu, to v/hich the Persians
had at least twice stated in writing that it could not be regard
ed as applying. The longer the present situation continued, the |
greater was the danger of the Persian Government disregarding
the understanding. Mr. Laithwaite had explained that our real
concern was to maintain the status quo as long as possible. If
this could successfully be done, the Foreign Oifice would not
object to such a solution. But there was every reason to
anuicipate that unless some new policy were aaopiea
with a view to redressing the situation, matters would
grew worse and worse, and increasingly serious incidents
would occur in spite of the status quo understanding.
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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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