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March 14, 1929.
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PERSIA
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 2.
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Sir Austen Chamberlain to Sir R. Clive (Tehran)
(No. 10 •) Foreign Office, March 14, 1929.
^ T ’ WITH reference to your telegram No. 106 of the 4thMarch, in which you pointed
th desirability, in the interests of Persia, Iraq and Great Britain, of a satis-
? Ut i 6 settlement of the Shatt-el-Arab question, I transmit to you the accompanying
faC f rorrespondence regarding the situation at the mouth of that river.
^ 9° You will realise that it is important, in your discussions with the Minister
of Court to avoid raising the contentious issues dealt with in this correspondence.
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
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Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
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Admiralty to Foreign'Office.
Admiralty, December 10, 1928.
' I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint
f nr t k f , information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that in the
appendix attachedtoC. I. D. Paper No. P.G. 12 of the 27th September, 1928, “Note
w First Sea Lord,” reference is made in paragraph 15 to a certain element of doubt
which exists in the minds of the Admiralty as to the exact alignment of the Perso-
Iraq frontier at the mouth of the Shatt-el-Arab My Lords are also ™ ce rtain
what claims Persia may put forward in respect of the Hooka Channel and to wha
extent such claims might be resisted . . . , , qw, ol imh
2. In view of the importance of maintaining free access to the Shatt-el-Arab
at all times, my Lords would be glad to be favoured with the observations of t e
Secretarv of State for Foreign Affairs on these questions. . 1 , .
3. A chart cutting is enclosed herewith, which explains the remarks made m
the note referred to in paragraph 1. tv
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Enclosure 2 in No. 1
Foreign Office to Admiralty.
jSecret.) Foreign Office, December 28, 1928.
’ I AM directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt
of your secret letter of the 10th December, regarding the alignment of the 1 erso q
frontier at the mouth of the Shatt-el-Arab. , _ . ^
2. In reply, I am to request you to lay before the Lords ^°? 1 . inl ^ s j t
Admiralty the accompanying copy of a memorandum on this su jec , P P . ^
the second legal adviser to this department, and to suggest for e U. Malkin’s
consideration that the question should be re-examined in the light o ^
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3. Copies of this correspondence are being sent to the Colonial 0^6 ami India
Office, and the Secretary of State will be grateful if their Lordships will cause those
Departments to be furnished with copies of the chart cutting enc ose }
under reply. 0
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MONTEAGLE.
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