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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [220r] (203/424)
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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Copy of* letter from H»If*Minister to ifr Wood undtr
date of* April 28th 1916 .
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A few days ago I roc ived from the Foreign Office
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a t* logran the tenour of rhloh I Intimrtod to you
verbally at tlx. time instruoting ne to oonviy to you
the folloring mespage from the Imperial Ba k of Persia
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in London 2 -
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'Wo riavo received f i^om the Foreign Of floe for the
orodit of tho Persian Government in London p© two
hundred thousand pounds . Please notify the Persian
Government • 'This account, the Foreign OTfioe state ,
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may bo drawn upon by tlie Pea^sian Government in London
anti for payments abroard , and they request tiiat we
will not remit any large sums out of this account to
Telran without previously consulting them **•
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I did not at the time inform you officially of
tho contents of this message as the ISussian Minister
and I woi^e derirous that before poxTaitting the Persian
Government to draw on this money , we should receive
an official intimation from the Persian Minister for
rcign Affairs ctf their acceptance of our request
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/550/1
- Title
- File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium'
- Pages
- 119r:181v, 188r:202v, 206r:246v, 248r:250v, 252r:322v, 324r:330v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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