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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [‎140r] (43/424)

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The record is made up of 1 item (212 folios). It was created in 8 Jan 1916-26 Nov 1917. 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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T.eport on tho prooeodlngs of the Ulxed
Plrut oiei cemleelon to Sept, doth* 1M§*
The laet seport w&g deted 3lgt July.
The balance at credit of the fc.mthly Koxatoj:iuua
Account at thie date lg Kiane 10* 617 : .65,and the bel-
r no^ at oiedit of t ie T«etroaotlve Koxatoi iui^ Account
la K angles792.96. A euciaa:y of »peirationg la attache!*
The August instalment of the Honthly ixoratoriuft
£?>or'~> 9 wag, for exceptional teaeong, paid to the in-
iatei of Fin&noc without control by the Corsiggion.
Hit the COi^iegion nag since received a note ghowlng
how this gum hag been spent, and the items appear to
be such as would in ordinary course have been submitted
fox appioval of the Coimiaeion.
She expenses of the (Eonaission Include a sum of
Krona 8680, adv&noe of salary to its staff fo the ;wmth
of ^tobeT. The Cor mission hae no funds at Its own dis-
po»al^-it only author lees the T eesury to draw on lt»
f\xnds-ard on 16th August,under exceptional oiioumatances
authorised the Treaeuty to pay its staff to 31st Ooto-
be?,and to pay the Cotrii as loners to 3Pth Biptecbe?*
The advance of Krona IP on 27th July to the
Persian Ocv^rnxsent from the Retroactive funds was repaid
on 14th August out of a subsidy of Krans 8000000 granted
to the Persian Oovernment by the British and Hugaiarj^ v-
ernxaerrte. The other moiety of t; ia subsidy was appropri*
at d by the Legations against other advances to the Fax-
sian Government. Consequently the expenditure of this

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Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda concerning financial assistance, in the form of a moratorium on debt payments, given to the Government of Persia by the governments of Britain and Russia. The papers form part of the discussion of a number of related matters, including:

  • The practicalities of making back payments to Persia for loan repayments made during the period of the moratorium
  • The inability of the Russian Government to meet their share of payments
  • The formation in early 1916 of an Anglo-Russian Financial Commission within the Persian Government to oversee financial matters.

The papers include six-monthly reports produced by the Anglo-Russian Financial Commission from August 1916 to October 1917.

The correspondence is principally between officials at 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. and Foreign Office but further correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from officials at the Colonial Office, Treasury, British Legation in Tehran, and the Governments of Russia and Persia.

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