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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [155r] (73/424)
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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L'ocyphor. oic C\ ^rj.inp: (Teheran) August 28th.
Ah V. pr.i August 28th.
'&> ^1* 55 m August 29th.
No, 56^.
Liy telegram 568,
Vos-Suk-ila -1)ovv r loh has com iimicatecl to ur names of
persons willing to join his cabinet and asks us
.i.or support in shape of August moratorium.
(? Composition of) Cabinet is as good as can
be expected and contains no hostile elements. In
cue circumstances and in view of urgent and repeated
1 instruct Ion iS sent to Hussion minister to hasten
formation of Cabinet I have agreed to give
surport required .
Vos-Suk-EdlDowIeh himself is to be minister
j. or Foreign Affairs and
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Van cur minister of
the Interior.
Sent to Petrograd.
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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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- File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium'
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- 119r:181v, 188r:202v, 206r:246v, 248r:250v, 252r:322v, 324r:330v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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