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File 200/1928 Pt 3 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty' [‎43r] (90/1140)

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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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13. It will be ebuonred that h® Board of Tr ui® haw®
,v. V 4 i®»t®d two «xanpl«* to brinu hoa® to U»® i’oraisui Oowomwmt
tb« abiAirdity of th®ir proposal. I doubt, aowotor, tiio
«Xi>®di«*wy of aparoaohin.i tb® Persi-m Ootonwmt exactly on the
linos proposod by the Board. So far aa duties on oirpots
aro oonc®rn®d, th® Persian Qowansaout taiJit we.t poii.t out
that tli® position would b® ro^ilatod not by th® Tro ity uov
under ne.jptiatiun, but by th® Tariff hitoa iiy Treaty, and
that if His Majesty's doworaasnt innoeed a duty on carpet®
ooirdns fr»» Persia, the Persian Oovemsui.t would be untitled,
under tii® Protocol to th® Tariff Antonoiiy Treaty, to itojxie®
hiji®r duti®® on th® principal Britiaii import® entering Persia*
Similarly, as rotunda taxation it is questionable idiathor Ut®
Persian dovom nnt, who are wore li <t®ly to be interested in
the mselbility of obtaining hiji tamtion frow British
nationals in Persia than in the poesibility of presenting
Persian nationals in Ore it Britain from being over-taxed,
would be impressed by represent itione exactly on the Unas
proposed by the Board. It should not, however, >rove
difficult to discover other orgnmonts for inducing th® Persian
Jovornaant to withdraw t teir pro iouai, which in any caa® is
Bajeaty's .iovenif^eiit could not accept. You isay decide to take
tiie line that reciprocity in natters of detail between
countries of different civilisation would be impracticable and
would almost certainly breax down. It uijit be possible to
explain in detail to the Persian government tit® siiapUcJty
of unconditional wont-favoured-nation treatiuent, aid jicasibly
to eia basis® the difficulty of comparing uucii a tning as tit®
taxation of companies in two such different countries os
and Persia.
14. \rticle 2, para Tail 3. You will observe that tit®
Board of Trade are now prepared to accept tlie Persian draft
of this paragraph, subject to the deletion of the Jirase
*et d'etre recoisiU® d'-ipros oett® le«jielation com ® aocieto
de cette purtie".
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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.

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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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