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File 3939/1926 Pt 2 'PUBLICATIONS: REVISION OF AITCHISON'S TREATIES BHUTAN, KASHGAR, NEPAL, SIAM AND TIBET SECTIONS.' [133r] (53/524)
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No. P 8680/8680/10.
In any further communication
and address—
not to any person by name,
-i'oRiiGN Office.
hut to—
“The Under-Secretary of State,”
S.W.l
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
20th January, 1933
Sir,
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter No. P.Z. 7198/32. of the 15th December
requesting his observations on the suggestion of the G-overnment
of India that the Kasngar Treaty of 1874 should be excised from
Volume 14 of Aitchison’s Treaties, 5th Edition, and be replaced
by the Tientsin Treaty of 1858 and the Sino-British Tariff
Autonomy Treaty of 192^
2. Sir John Simon agrees with the view of the Government
of India that the Kashgar Treaty of 1874 is not in force, and
with their suggestion that it should be excised from Volume 14
of Aitchison f s Treaties.
3. He considers, however, that it is open to doubt how
*
far the Tientsin Treaty of 1858 may be considered to apply to
Sinkiang. In this connexion, I am to invite reference to the
•ne^s letuer to Mr. Jervoise of the
>py of which is enclosed herein for
It seems that, in the past, the
rights of Britisu subjects in Sinkiang have rested on the
principle of most-favoured-nation treatment (applied, more
4. Since there is no Anglo-Chinese Treaty relating
specifically to Sinkiang, Sir John Simon doubts the necessity
of
i’he Under-Secretary of State
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.
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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.
The part contains copies of proofs of revised narratives relating to Tibet (ff 166-188), Siam [Thailand] (ff 191-315), Eastern Turkistan [Turkestan] (ff 319-332), and Nepal (ff 334-368), including copies of related treaties, agreements and regulations for each. These proofs are addressed to 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. by the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, for transmission to the Foreign Office. Also included are printed editions of the following: a treaty between Britain and the Chinese Republic, concluded in 1928 and ratified in 1929 (ff 138-143); a treaty between the United States and Belgium, the British Empire, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal, relating to the principles and policies to be followed in matters concerning China, which was concluded in 1922 and ratified in 1925 (ff 144-146); a second treaty of the same date, between the United States and the aforementioned parties, regarding the Chinese Customs Tariff (ff 147-150).
The correspondence largely consists of interdepartmental discussion covering the following: what should and should not be included both in and with the revised narratives (e.g. whether certain treaties or regulations should be included or referred to); British treaty rights in Sinkiang [Xinjiang, China]. The principal correspondents are the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; officials of the Foreign Office and 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. .
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