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File 5015/1919 Pt 2 'Persia: Appointment of Experts for Revision of Tariff' [246r] (175/180)
The record is made up of 1 item (90 folios). It was created in 24 May 1919-30 Dec 1920. It was written in English. 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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u3165/W/34.
FOREIGN OFFICE.
6 th June 1919.
Sir,
I am directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
2nd instant,No,C.R.T.3994, regarding the proposed
revision of the present Persian Customs Tariff.
2 * I am to state that as it is hoped that
an agreement may be arrived at with the Persian
Government at no distant date, providing for "the
appointment forthwith of a joint Committee of experts
for the examination and revision of the existing
Customs Tariff", Lord Curzon would be glad to avail
himself of the offer of the Board of Trade to supply
him with the names of some experts who would in
theii opinion, be suitable for this purpose,
3. In reply to the last paragraph of your letter
I am to say that His Lordship has noted the Board's
desire to be given every opportunity, when the
time comes, of offering their views on the details
of the proposed, revision and that he will act
accordingly.
I em etc.,
(Sgd.) G. s« Spicer.
The Secretary,
to the Board of Trade.
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This item comprises: correspondence; deciphered telegrams; 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. Political Department registry forms with subject and notes; 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. draft telegrams, draft letters and notes; and covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India.
The papers relate to the nomination of British representatives to serve on the Joint Anglo-Persian [Iranian] Committee for the examination and revision of the [Anglo]-Persian Customs Tariff, including:
- The recommendation by Sir Percy Cox [Acting Minister] in Tehran, of C R Watkins, CIE, Indian Civil Service, then Chief Collector of Customs, Mesopotamia [Iraq]
- The recommendation by the Board of Trade of Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith (then in India) and his assistant Thomas Martland Ainscough, and the agreement of the Foreign Office and Cox
- Candidates suggested by the Government of India, including James Algernon Stevens, Collector of Customs, Rangoon [Yangon], Arthur Herbert Ley, Secretary to Government of India, Commerce and Industry Department, and Arthur Cecil McWatters, Secretary to the Secretariat Committee, Indian Civil Service (only McWatters was appointed)
- Candidates suggested by the Civil Commissioner Baghdad, including M M S Gubbay, Controller of Currency India, S S B Dantur, Collector of Customs (then on the Currency Commission in London), and Major Reader William Bullard, CIE, Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service (only Bullard was appointed)
- Discussion regarding the apportionment of the costs of the British delegation
- The salaries and allowances of Committee appointees Watkins, Bullard and McWatters.
The principal correspondents are: the Board of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department; the Foreign Office; Sir Percy Cox; the 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. ; the Civil Commissioner Baghdad; and the Viceroy of India. Note that there is some overlap of early correspondence with IOR/L/PS/10/856/1.
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