مجموعة ٣٧/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. وضع الرعايا البريطانيين والأشخاص الخاضعين للحماية البريطانيين بموجب قانون الجنسية الفارسي." [و‎‎٣‎٣‎٢] (١١١٦/٦٦٨)

Semi No. (8) in Fbe No 52-N.I29] I am directed by the Secretary of State for
India on tir^dcc^I telegTaplllC despondence with the Government of
To 27th April 1931 [Serial No. (94)].
From 22nd May 1931 [Serial No. (98) ].
2. It will be observed that the Government of India suo-g-est that in vW nf
Seeiion 1 (3) of the Bntish Nationality and Status of Aliens^Act, 1914 the form
of certificates should provide for cases in which possession of British nationality
may be governed by the law in force before the commencement of that Act
Mr. Secretary Benn would be glad to be informed of the views of Mr Secretary
Henderson as to the necessity, or otherwise, of making such provision." ' '
3. Subject to the decision on this point, Mr. Benn concurs in the terms of
the draft despatch to H. M. Minister at Tehran and in the form of thesStorv
Declarations and certificates. He agrees that all applications from British pro
tected persons of Indian origin must be referred to the Government of India.
4. Copy of this letter is being sent to the Home Office.
5. A separate letter is being addressed to you on the subject of paragraph 4
of the Government of India’s telegram of 22nd May.
(119)
{Received on 21st June 1931, with Political Secretary's letter No. 23, dated the
4th June 1931.)
Letter from the India Office, to Foreign Office, No. P.Z.-2882j31, dated the
3rd June 1931.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to refer to your letter
[Enclosure II to Serial No. (39)], of 14th July 1930, T.-7115|9|378, transmitting
copy of a despatch No. 45 of 12th June 1930, from His Majesty’s Consul-General
at Cairo which suggested the question whether and how far the status of British
protected persons should be regarded as continuing in the descendants born
abroad of such persons.
Copy of correspondence* with the Government of India on this subject, so far
as British protected persons of Indian origin are concerned, has been transmitted
to the Foreign Office and a further copy is enclosed herewith for ease of refer
ence together with copy of a telegram [Serial No. (98)], dated 22nd May, from
the Government of India in paragraph 4 of which they intimate that they
agree with the suggestion made in paragraph 3 of the India Office letter of 27th
March 1931 [Serial No. (89)]. Mr. Secretary Benn would accordingly suggest
that instead of attempting for the present to formulate definite rules it would be
preferable that individual doubtful cases of descendants of British protected
persons of Indian origin should be referred to the Government of India as they
anse, and that any general questions, arising in a concrete form in particular
countries, should also be dealt with specially as and when they arise.
( 120 )
Letter to His Majesty’s Consul General and Agent of the Government of
India in Khorasan, Meshed, No. F.-204-N.|23, dated the 25th June 1931.
With reference to the correspondence ending with your letter No. 55712812,
hated the 19th Mav 1931 [Serial No. (105)], I am directed to forward for in-
tormation a copy of letter No. 1419-P.N.|10|lT)0, dated the 10th June [Serial
(U4a)], from the Plon’ble the C. C. and A. G. G. in the North West Frontier
Province.
2. As Saiyid Abbas was not born in the Kurram Agency it wouM appear
hat m the absence of a Kurrami Nationality Law the status of a British pro-
person does not descend to him, vide paragraph 3^ of letter [Serial No.
(22)] from the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, to
Mo Government of India, dated 20th November 1930 [Serial No. (62)].
Telegram from Government of India, dated 23rd February 1931 [Serial No. (81)].
To Government of India, dated 27th March 1931 [Serial No. (89)].
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