مجموعة ٤٥/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. مفاوضات حول إبرام معاهدة أنجلو-فارسية؛ إلغاء المعاهدات الحالية." [و‎‎٥‎٢] (١٥٤/١٠٣)

Ho. 476 of the lS2th ftopteraber, 1039 that there could b© no
question of e withdrawal by the rorsian aovoxmment of their
pCFtjils&ion the l e British Kaeldont ohould continue to reside
at BtisMre* except as © result of friendly negotf etions between
the two oovezmenta* Hie Majsaty’e Oovernraent would only be
prepared to agree to his withdrawal as part of a satisfactory
general settlement resulting from the present negotiations, end
on certain conditions embodied in the draft notes presented to
the Minister for Foreign /ffoirs by Sir Robert olive in hla
letter of the lot r'ctober, 1930, of which a copy was enclosed
in hie despatch Ho. 483 of the 6th October of that year.
0. l am also in complete agreement with your observations
regarding the \rias Traffic virraon of 1697. until the
general treaty is concluded, the fii^man may conceivably
prove useful as e legal justification for the search of a
Persian vessel for arms; but ea has already boon pointed out,
the Persian Government might repudiate it as soon as it was
brought to their notice, and to appeal to its provisions after
the conclusion of the general treaty would be out of the
i]U98tion for the reasons which you have indicated.
9a The question of the telegraph conventions and egree-
munts is, as you observe, already virtually settled, and will
be completely eliminated by the entry into force of the new
agreement which you have recently signed.
10o i trust that you will now be able, in the light of
tho preceding observations, to i-osch agreement with the
Persian Government upon the terms of the proposed draft
articlo* This question may be on© of come urgency, since
you will appreciate that His Majesty’s Governiments in the
Dominions are also concerned in the abrogation of certain
©Xi.sting treat! os with Tersla; and as soon es agreement has
been