Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎382r] (775/961)

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Persian Government concerning the Turkish-Iraqi-Persian Frontier Delimitation
Protocol of 1913 and the V roces-verbaux of the meetings held by the International
I wish to explain to your Excellency that the Persian Government, who have
on various occasions declared that they do not recognise the protocol in question,
continue to act in a manner which confirms their policy in this connexion. With
a view to enabling you to obtain an idea of the nature of Persian (acts of)
aggression, I enclose a copy of my letter dated the 18th April, 1934, addressed to
the secretariat of the Oouncil of Ministers. In addition, we have been receiving
from the Persian Legation communications making unwarranted imputations
against Iraqi officials and denying the efforts exerted by the Iraqi authorities in
the interests of the Persian Government. The communications of the Legation
have lately assumed an increasingly vehement tone, and the Iraqi Government
have been accused of assisting bandits and of planning aggression in Persian
territory. Your Excellency will plainly see from a letter which I have addressed
to the secretariat of the Council of Ministers, dated the 3rd May, 1934 (of which
a copy is enclosed, together with a copy of the enclosure thereto^ 1 ) namely, a letter
from the Persian Minister, Bagdad), the extent of the suspicions entertained by
the Persian Government and the object they seek by the multiplication of
complaints notwithstanding the efforts made, and which continue to be made, by
the Iraqi Government to assist the Persian Government by the despatch of army
and police forces for the pursuit of Persian bands and the arrest of criminals;
while, on the other hand, the Persian Government continue to procrastinate over
compliance with the trifling demands of Iraq and attempt to disturb peace on
the borders of Iraq.
A point which I wish to explain to your Excellency is that the policy of the
Persian Government and the spirit which they bear towards Iraq have not
weakened the resolution of the Iraqi Government to fulfil the obligations of
neighbourly and other relations existing between the two countries. On more
than one occasion we wrote to the Persian Legation drawing their attention to
the delay on the part of the Persian Government in the fulfilment of the demands
of Iraq, pointing out the acts committed by the Persian authorities on the borders
(of Iraq), contradicting all rumours that had reached them as to the intentions of
the Iraqi Government and assuring them of the goodwill of Iraq towards Persia..
I should also explain to your Excellency that the Iraqi Government have
adopted all possible measures for the strengthening of the administration and
police posts in the frontier zone with a view to closing the frontier m the face o
Persian bands and to affording no opportunity for the violation of the laqi
frontier
My obieot in writing this letter is to acquaint your Excellency with the
nature of the policy of the Persian Government in order that you may be so good
as to bring it to the notice of His Britannic Majesty s Govei nmen .
D I avail, &c.
ABDULLA DAMLUJI.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Translation of Letter, dated Afril 18, 1934,
A ffairs to the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, Bagdad.
WE forward to you herewith a copy of letter, d ^ e ^P e pf rg f a P n r Minfstry7”
the Iraqi Legation, Tehran, incorporating t e ® x 0 w hich vou will find that
Foreign Affairs note, dated the 25th March 193 LkZ He the formal nature of
the Persian Government declare that they do not recognise the
the Frontier Delimitation Protocol of 1914 n ffiH a l document determining
The Frontier Delimitation Protocol is offiy °fficiM docume Goyerninen -
the Iraqi-Persian frontier, and it !S the ms r Persia. What caused the
invoke in frontier questions arising between q p rotes t s made by the
Persian Government to make this declar gi 0 n on the Iraqi frontier,
T - • Government against Persian acts of aggression
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Iraqi
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(2) Enclosure 1 in May 16, 1984, Section 4.
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