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File 200/1928 Pt 10 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. Treaty Negotiations' [‎420r] (840/868)

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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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P. 71 gives the draft exchange of notes prepared by the Legation.
P. 81 (Feroughi).
‘ La redaction de cet article .... etant acceptable, je vous prie de vouloir
bien m envoyer le projet de note, relative a cet article, comme il a ete convenu
tntre nous.”
P. 130 (from Foreign Office).
“ It is not clear to what extent you have been successful in impressing on the
Persian Government that His Majesty's Government are not prepared to agree
to any part of proposed general settlement being embodied in secret unpublished
notes. .... While discussing with the Persians these .... notes you should bear
in mind necessity for eventual publication in this country and registration at
Geneva ”
P. 167 (to Feroughi).
“ Pour ce qui est de Fechange de notes relativement a cet article, je me
permets de vous faire parvenir ci-joint un texte, base sur nos pourparlers les
plus recents a ce sujet, qui vient d’etre approuve par mon Gouvernement. . .
P. \7'2 (from Feroughi).
“ Quant a la question des diverses notes supplementaires et Fopposition du
Gouvernement britannique a Fidee d’une entente secrete, qui sont incompatibles
avec Fesprit de la Societe des Nations, je m’empresse de rassurer votre Excellence
que la Perse, etant membre de la Societe des Nations, egalement, et animee de son
esprit, n’a aucune intention de contracter des ententes secretes. Toutes les notes
supplementaires feront corps au traite et seront communiques a Geneve. En
consequence et logiquement, la redaction de Farticle l er du traite et les deux notes
y relatives .... doivent etre considerees comme agrees par votre Governement.”
But in the same letter, several paragraphs on, he says :—
“ Quant aux notes relatives a Farticle 3, la redaction proposee par la lettre
du . . . . n’est pas, a mon profund regret, acceptable. Mon Gouvernement prie
le Gouvernement britannique de se contenter de la dispense de ses vaisseaux de
guerre du permis d’entree seulement dans le cas de Fentree desdits vaisseaux a
Abadan, dans le but d’approvisionnement en combustible, et dans les autres ports
du Golfe, par suite d’avarie. Dans ces cas Fautorisation des autorites locales,
prevenus par un preavis, sera suffisante ’’
P. 196 : Feroughi develops his reasons for this attitude, viz., Persian
amour-propre, fear of Russian encroachments, &c.
P. 220 (from Sir R. Clive).
“ I then mentioned visits of warships to Persian ports, and said you had
been very surprised to learn that his Highness appeared to have gone back on the
proposal which had in principle been more or less agreed to. He said that he
could not accept the draft exchange of notes suggested, but he was prepared to
authorise local Governors to allow the visit of ships duly notified in urgent cases
without reference to Tehran.”
Article III bis.— Abrogation of Existing Treaty Engagements.
There never has been a definite British draft article on this subject.
Annexed hereto will be found the Persian text put forward in August 1930,
together with Feroughi’s covering observations. His Majesty’s Govermjient had
contemplated an article on the following lines :—
“ From the date of the entry into force of the present treaty, and of
the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation also signed this day, between the
High Contracting Parties, the following treaties, conventions and agree
ments between the two High Contracting Parties shall cease to be binding :—
....
2. Here was to follow mention of the Peace Treaty of 1857, the Slavery
Convention of 1882, the Commercial Convention of 1903. and the further

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Content

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.

Extent and format
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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