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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [290r] (343/424)
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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["This Document Is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government,
and should be returned to the Foreign Office when done with
unless required for officiai use.]
1
POLITICAL,
Decypher. Mr.Marling. (Teheran) February 14th.1916.
D. February 14th.1916.
R. ll.b.a.m. February 15th,1916.
No. 99. (K).
My immediately preceding telegram and last sentence
of your telegram No. 69.
Russian Minister is averse from placing large sum
at the disposal of the Persian 'Government on the ground
that a large proportion of it'will’disappear into
Ministers pockets.
V * " ’ * ,
This is true enough hut ’it ws .are’ to support Parman
iFarma who though rapacious Is certainly best man in the
interests ot the two Powers^ I thinkws &&£iuld bs prepared
to follow up any sum now granted with a further substantial
dole in the near future. If we do not it is quite possible
Parman Parma may resign* v
Very Confide nt.!al 0 i
Sipahdar { s Russian friends outside Legation are doing
their best to undermine Prims Minister’s position and un-
i
demands on the Russian-.,Government .for a financial guarantee
fortunately latter has,by his reiterated snd importunate
expect will not favour further assistance. ---w .■«-».
" N \
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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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