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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [278r] (319/424)
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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and should be returned to the Foreign Office when done with
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Decyyher Mr. Marling (Teheran). March
D. 3,30 pm March 17th*
K* 12. 45 pm March 18th*
No. 169.
My telegram No. 93.
Persian Government have given Russian Minister and
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myselt list o£ urgent items of expenditure amounting in
all tottomans 1,471,000 and Pegs our Goverixienti will
consent to place at its disposal in London whole of the
outstanding accumulation of moratorium«
Expenses payable out of (? Persia) fiz~ For Legations
etc would be settled at once while in the case of payments
to be made in this country Persian Government, recognizing
Imperial Bank of Persihis difficulty in ’financing so
large a sum, proposes to come to an arrangement with bank
for meeting than by post dated orders.
Manager of Imperial Bank of Persia thinks scheme
feasible and it seems calculated to prevent peculation.
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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- Title
- File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium'
- Pages
- 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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