File 200/1928 Pt 6 'Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations' [‎219r] (431/642)

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be held to be an infringement of Persian sovereign rights.
As object of treaty was to settle all outstanding
questions I trusted that Persian Government when they had
considered these further concessions would drop claim to
the three Islands.
Minister for Foreign Affairs was very guarded. He
suggested omitting from treaty all mention of the Islands .
I said this was impossible and he promised to report whal
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I had said to his colleagues. I
persisted in this attitude there
a treaty and I again emphasised
warned him that if they
was no chance of making
the great generosity of
these concessions.
He then handed me letter in reply to memorandum of
September 11th. I mention the following points.
(A) Regarding telegraphs he says he is sure His
Majesty’s Government will not impose on Persia conditions
of a convention whose validity might he Questioned.
(B) Deht. After reviewing position he states
Persia feels justified in again begging His Majesty’s
Government to cancel remainder of war debt.
(0) He agrees to claims article which should provide
for reciprocal engagement to meet claims of the other
party, manner in which they are to be verified, end
niethod of payment c
(D) He will only agree to visit of warships by noti
fication to Abadan in order to fuel “for fear of creating
precedent with other powers".
(E) Note maintains attitude already adopted aoout
Tamo and Bumusa (this of course was written prior to my
c onv er sat ion t oday).
(?) Regarding Bahrein he proposes either to con-
s.'.cer Bahrein ar an independent sovereign state in w.ndch
case/