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Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia [10r] (19/255)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1899-31 Mar 1905. 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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SECRET.
COMMITTEE OE IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
Minutes of 67th Meeting, March 22, 1905.
Present:
The Prime Minister (in the Chair).
The Marquess of Lansdowne, K.Gr.,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Earl of Selborne, First Lord of the
Admiralty.
Earl Cawdor.
Admiral Sir John Fisher, G.C.B., First
Sea Lord.
Captain C. L. Ottley, M.Y.O., R.N.,
Director of Naval Intelligence.
Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, K.G., K.P.,
Y.C.
The Right Hon. St. John Brodrick,
M.P., Secretary of State for India.
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir N. G.
Lyttelton, K.C.B., Chief of the
General Staff.
Major-General J. M. Grierson, C.V.O.,
C.B., C.M.G., Director of Military
Operations.
The Right Hon. Austen Chamberlain,
M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Sir G. S. Clarke, Secretary .
PERSIA.
THE Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed, with some
amendments.
2. Mr. Balfour pointed out that the Persian question was necessarily very
difficult, on account of the semi-barbarous condition of the country, and of the fact
that for more than twenty years Russia and ourselves have been engaged in a constant
diplomatic contest at Tehran, which lias ranged over minor questions of many kinds.
These questions, which he briefly reviewed, involved considerations both com
mercial and strategic, frequently intermixed. The Government of India appeared to
desire a forward policy, and to believe that the recent disasters in the Far East would
have the effect of directing Russian activities towards Persia and Afghanistan. From
the strategic point of view, the restriction of Russian railway construction in Persia
was of special importance. A naval station on the Persian coast without railway
communication behind it would be of little value to Russia, although the establishment
of such a station might have the effect of causing an increase of our naval expendi
ture.
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The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly correspondence, notes, and newspaper cuttings, mainly relating to Persia [Iran]. The papers largely relate to Russian influence in Persia, and include papers concerning railway construction in Persia.
The correspondence consists of letters addressed to George Nathaniel Curzon from various individuals, and correspondence between other individuals, including printed copies of correspondence of the Marquess of Salisbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with British officials including Henry Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Tehran.
The newspaper cuttings are from newspapers including: The Englishman; Daily Chronicle; the Civil and Military Gazette; The Times; The Madras Mail; The Pioneer; The Statesman ; and The Morning Post .
The file also includes a few documents relating to Koweit [Kuwait] (folios 55 to 56, and folios 49 to 52).
The file includes a copy of the publication Revue Franco-Persane Économique et Politique Paraissant Tous Les Mois [Franco-Persian Economic and Political Review Published Every Month], dated June 1900, which is in French (folios 101 to 109).
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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The papers are arranged in no apparent order within the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 125; 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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- Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia
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- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 49r:52v, 55r:56v, 63r, 64r:64v, 68r:68v, 71r:77v, 101r:101v, 117r:119v, 121r:121v, 124r:124v, back-i, back
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