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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [190r] (143/424)
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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aixe4_?laanclal.Joxn-lnn^on. (a) '.chtran, 11 June. 1916.
(a) the unaerlra-bmty of leaving the Irean-jry'n
nrotripf ery note in the haniR of the Prince: ana
(b) the latter ’b nereonal -onltlon an., ranh.
Ar, I did no t conBldf r that either of thene rearonE
entitled this claim to be dealt wrlth exceptionally before the
Oomrlmion had been able to review, bo far as poEelble, other
naimf. ag-ainrt the Retroactive Punas, I voted ajainnt the
-a^/ment (vhlch war to be made through the Rust lan ZMk) , but
jar ovtrctel ar rtatel above.
another claim on behalf of Rum 1 an Interests war put
orwarl at an early stage, vie, one for roubles. 70,000 as com-
-oenr.afon to the heirs of the late M. von Paver, manager of
-1' Russian ank In Is "ah an, who was murcUrt d by a Pti'glan l.j.
that town. Ar It was pointed out that there Were drlttsh claims
o” a r-1”ilar kind, which should In justice be Put forwar_ and
pfr-ed, if the von Paver claim were sanctioned, it war withdrawn
o.if vcr, arranjementR to pay It from other r.ourcer falling
through. It was nut before the Comm1r.ilon again, they at first
sanctioned the Payment out 0 f the Moratorium funds, partly
breaure the present cheaonem 0 f exchange world benefit the
Persian lovernment} but, on learning that a c.uan.lty of rouble
nofceR had jurt come into the porrefr.ion of the treasury, they
mcdlfled then- declRion, and the clan war paid out of these
notes, and not fro- the Moratorium funds.
An important Instruction war. given by the Cabinet to
u, Oomsrlr.rion at nr 7th Bitting, vn, to corner u, zvmmtim
0 " 'Electing foreign residents to direct and Indirect taxation,
•he -roporai was the subject of some resolutions duly commun-
rated to ’’ou, aid was, r ttn^e rrtand, submitted by "ou to U:e
1 ? gn Office. The Russian lovernment have replied, ar .ln^ fox
artlcliars of the proposed taxes, and the Treasurer-General
1,111 communicate Hr. views thereon to the Commission at ns
next meet - * ng.
.1 lave the honour wO be, olr,
(Tour obeaient rerva.it
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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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