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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [321r] (405/424)
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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January 7th, 191C.
An-
rtitii reference to your letter of the 9Ui of
<oveaber last. MvZb/lb, an<j to iny reply of the 15th
of une c«Mae montii, relative to the v ; riour beia^
auvaaceh to tne k ereian iOvernraent, 1 am directed by
secretary ,>ir . dmrei ^rcy to transmit to you* herewith!
to be laid before the Lords coifsaisoioners of ale
iajesty’s Treasury* a copy of a telegram frora aia
njesty^ mbnsnador at i etrogr&d reporting that tJie
.msBlan Government are unable to accept tne proposed
metnod of settling; toe advances toich have been -ade
on their behalf by nls majesty's Government to the
Persian overnment*
Li sap pointing as toe reply of the usai&n Govern-
%
ment is* It appears to ir award rey essential, on
polltic.-LL . rounos* ttel ilr j-- ■-W* . ini u it
1
ehnm may be in a position* in case of nretl* to rna* t
the calls which may arise* and i am therefore to
enquire whether Their Lordships will be prepared to
advance one half of the Russian snares of tn^se pay
ments as tne eventuality may present itself,
Lir dwsrd Grey Is at toe same time approaching ^
the Secretary of Ltate in Council for India with an
enquiry as to whether ^ r, Phnwtmrlsln will accept ui*
remainiiti aioiety as a ciuirge on Indian revenues* as
mil
Secretary
to toe Ireasury
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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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