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File 200/1928 Pt 3 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty' [‎35r] (74/1140)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (566 folios). It was created in Aug 1929-Apr 1930. 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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No. r 4
mm#* Or fiuk,
8 .V.I.
30t)i January 1930.
I h ivtt h «J undor oonnidoratii n your doao itcho* Noa.540
ufd 543 of October 3let, relative to the lo^lo-Peraiau
Corsmeroial Treaty nejotistioaei and 1 shall he if, in
your further dieouseiofts with the Persian Mini at or of Court,
you will be ^juided by the following oboervitiane, wiiuii
•apol^uMtit tiioee of the Board of Trade forwarded to you uiuier
cover of ray das vitch No.29 of January 15tiu Tie reforeueee
in the present despatch to ttie text of tiie Treaty refer in all
cuses to the printed text enclosed in the Ktustern Do rurtrient'o
letter of Deesrabor 5th 1 ust.
2. In the first place, 1 desire to draw your attention to
the feet that during the negotiations of last October
Teymourtaciie has in several in-twees, notably in ^urticle 2,
para ;raph 1, in Article 2, ivirt,jra h 2, in Article 9, in
Article 11, and toaeibly also in irticxe 10, either raised a
new ;ind completely unacceptable propouol, or else re-opened
% question on which acjreetient hod already been reaciied. 1
ropiest tiierefore tiiat you will isake mihatic refureeantatioue to
Teymourtache in tiie sense uu^^euted in my despatch No.634
of Deowiber 23th last, pointing out that Hie liajesty'a
Oovernaent are entitled to expect that, instead of raising now
difficulties and chan^ng nie mind with regard to others
which had already apparently been solved, he will now make a
real effort to brizv; the ne^tiations to an early coiiclusion.
3. In view of the necessity of making suih reoresentatitaui to
Teymourtache as indicated in the precedii^ paraeprah, it is
with reluctance that I feel myself compelled to raise two
Hobort H. Clive, k.U.M.O.,
^ to. oto. etc•,
jueetione
Tehran.

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Content

This volume contains correspondence between the British Legation in Tehran and the Foreign Office regarding negotiations around the agreement of a commercial treaty between Britain and the Persian [Iranian] Government.

In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains the following documents, some of which are in French:

  • 'Memorandum containing an outline of the instructions which it is proposed to send to Sir R. Clive regarding the Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty Negotiations' (folios 67-76)
  • 'Draft Anglo-Persian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, showing Position of Negotiations in November 1929' (folios 78-92)
  • 'Tariff Autonomy Treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia' (folios 311-316)
  • 'Preliminary Observations on Persian Counter-draft of Commerical Treaty' (folios 321-326)
  • 'Observations of the Board of Trade upon the Persian Counter Proposals to the English Draft of the Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty' (folios 329-344)
  • 'Persian Counterdraft of Anglo-Persian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation' (folios 349-398)
  • 'Draft Anglo-Persian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation' (folios 399-445)
  • 'Memorandum on Persian amendments to draft Commerical Treaty' (folios 486-495)
  • 'Comparison between Perso-German Draft Treaties and Draft of Anglo-Persian Commerical Treaty' (folios 509-514).

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (566 folios)
Arrangement

The subject 200 (Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations) consists of eight volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1250-1257. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3, 4 and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6 and 7 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 8, 9 and 10 comprising one volume each.

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 568; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English and French in Latin script
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