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File 4535/1928 Pt 15 ‘ANGLO-PERSIAN NEGOTIATIONS, 1929- Arbitration Articles in General & Commercial Treaties.’ [217r] (143/154)
The record is made up of 1 item (76 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1929-2 Oct 1930. It was written in English and French. 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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In any further communication
_ on this subject, please quote
No. j£ 49^7/19/^4
and address—
not to any person by name,
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
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With reference to the letter from this Department *
Ho* 4369/19/34 of September 13 t I am directed by Mr*
Secretary Henderson to transmit to you the accompanying draft
of a despatch to His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran, regarding
the arbitration provisions of the treaties at present under
negotiation with Persia*
2. In view of the fact that the whole policy of His
Majesty’s Government in regard to general treaties of
arbitration is now under review, as a consequence of the
signature by His Majesty’s Government of the optional clause
of the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice,
it appears necessary to defer consideration for the present of
the new proposal of the Persian Government regarding
arbitration contained in paragraphs 37-39 of the letter of
the 20th August addressed by the Persian Minister of Court to
Sir Robert Clive, a copy of which was enclosed in the letter
under reference*
3. Mr* Henderson will be glad to learn at an early date
whether the Secretary of utate for India concurs in the
terms of the enclosed draft*
4. similar letters are being addressed to the Dominions
Office, Board of Trade, Admiralty and Colonial Office and
copies of it are being sent to the war Office and Air Ministry*
I am,
3ir,
lour obedient Servant,
Under Secretary of State ,
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.
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This part contains papers, mostly correspondence, mainly relating to the inclusion of arbitration provisions in the General Treaty and the Commercial Treaty which were being negotiated between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran]. It includes papers concerning the question of what the terms of any such arbitration articles should be, and the question of whether or not an arbitration article should be included in the General Treaty.
In addition, this part includes some correspondence relating to the question of whether or not Iraq would be covered by Article 1 (regarding friendship and non-aggression) of the proposed General Treaty with Persia.
This part includes the British draft proposal for an arbitration article in the General Treaty, the Persian Minister of Court’s comments on this draft article, a letter from HM Minister at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive) to the Persian Minister of Court, and draft versions of a proposed arbitration article in a letter from Clive to the Foreign Office, which are all written in French.
The main correspondents are as follows: the 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Dominions Office; the Commercial Relations and Treaties Department of the Board of Trade; and HM Minister at Tehran. Other correspondents include the Colonial Office and the Admiralty.
In addition, this part includes 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. Political Department minute papers.
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- File 4535/1928 Pt 15 ‘ANGLO-PERSIAN NEGOTIATIONS, 1929- Arbitration Articles in General & Commercial Treaties.’
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- 146r:222v
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