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File 200/1928 Pt 6 'Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations' [‎9r] (11/642)

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The record is made up of 1 item (334 folios). It was created in 19 Aug 1930-9 Dec 1931. 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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5 * In aC00r ‘ la “ c « *ith the practice wh lch has been
in orce for so «e two year, the staff 0 f the legation wa.
waiting in an a.Jte-room. it Is l eft to th> ulnlaUr to
judge the right moaent to reouest peralsslon to present
them. I now did so and His Majesty first enquired what
journeys Coionel Dodd had ande in the course of the
suiMer - a hint, though not an unfriendly one, that iris
Majesty takes a supervisory interest in the activities of
Military Attach^. He then turned to Mr.Havard and the
following conversation which he had. no doubt,arranged
beforehand with the anister for Foreign Affairs, followed;-
f «e ..hah J 1 hear that you are shortly leaving
: ^ * S1 ti 0
4^ 9 H«r&rd :
Inister for
Foreign
Affairs
/e8 * Imperial Mj Jesty's
permission.
r« HmT^rd has been Biauy lon^ years in
Persia : nd knows our country thoroughly,
The Shah
; ea# ’>*HaTard is very well known in
Persia and everybody likes hia very
'h (to 'tr.IIavard) Are you going to
an appointment in LonaonJ
»
-vjp.l avard : Yes, Lire.
The Shah
F. A. ;
The 3hah :
I hope very much that you are go in/- to
be appointed to the Department which
deals with Persian affairs for with
your knowledge you will be able to
render great service to your own country
as well as to i 3 rsia. (to Minister for
Porei^pri Affairs). In almost every phase
of our policy we have a common interest
with Oreat Britain and although we have
had our little differences they have in
no way altered our friendly relations.
ngland is r very great nation find con-
duets its foreign relations with
sagacity and sincerity.
yes, that is true and I fa very glad to
say that our rel tiono are so friendly,
Persia for her part only wishes to be
honoured as a country f for her to honour
those

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This part contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between Reza Shah's Minister of Court, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymourtache [Teymurtash], and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the two governments in order to resolve a number of outstanding issues. The majority of the correspondence in this part is internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence in French that was exchanged between the British Minister in Tehran, Sir Robert Clive, and Teymourtache.

In addition to this correspondence, this part contains the following document: 'Memorandum by Admiralty and Foreign Office, dated 23rd, 1932 on the subject of the British Naval Depot at Henjam' (folios 553-564).

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