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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [‎413v] (827/868)

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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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Extract from the Conclusions of the Middle East Official bub-Committee s
Meeting of August 1, 1933.
“ (3) {a). That Sir Reginald Hoare should endeavour to obtain, as part
of the general treaty settlement, a ‘ Gentlemen’s Agreement,’ by which His
Majesty’s Ships should continue to enjoy their present facilities at Henjam
for as long a period as possible, in any case not less than twenty-five years.”
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ANNEX III.
Mr. Grieve [Treasury) to Mr. Rendel.—[Received A ovember 13.)
Dear Rendel, Treasury Chambers, November 10, 1933.
We have been considering the draft instructions to Sir R. Hoare on the
subject of Persian Treaty negotiations, a copy of which, together with a copy
of your letter of the 5th October to Laithwaite, was sent to us on the same date.
2. We are, of course, aware of the difficulties which have recently arisen,
and now stand in the way of an immediate resumption of 1 reaty negotiations.
None the less, it may be convenient for you at this stage to have our views on
the Instructions as drafted.
3. We have no comment to make apart from the debt question. As to
this, while we have not formally given up all hope of recovering something, we
are pretty well reconciled to the prospect of getting nothing. On that hypothesis
the sole value of the debt is that it can be used as a weapon or a bribe in the
negotiations, to secure some other object; and it is clearly desirable that it
should be used as effectively as possible.
4. Looking at the matter from this point of view, we should like you to
consider whether we should start at the figure of £510,000. We could argue
thus : the offer to reduce the total debt to £1 million was made on condition
that a general settlement was effected, but this general settlement was not effected,
and therefore the offer lapses. We accordingly return to the status quo,
which is that the debt amounted to £2 million in April 1926. To this can be
added seven years’ interest at 7 per cent. (£980,000), less the interest regularly
paid by Persia of £34,000 a year for seven years (£240,000). We thus have a
debt, as at the 1st April, 1933, of £2,740,000. From this is to be deducted the
debt of £490,000 repaid in June last, leaving £2,250,000.
5. We don’t want to press this at all, and are content to leave it to you to
decide which will help our case most—to pitch the initial claim high or low.
6. On two points of detail the instructions regarding the debt require
amendment: (1) The pre-war debt was repaid not in July 1933, but in June;
(2) Half of the pre-war debt was in fact not ours, but the Government of India’s.
Yours sincerelv,
R. A: GRIEVE.

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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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