ملف ١٩٢٨/٤٥٣٥ الجزء ١٧ "الخليج الفارسي. إزالة المقيمية البريطانية من بوشهر." [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٦] (٥٧٠/٩)

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ITo. 476.
(I 4740/145/34)
12th September, 1930
Sir,
In your telegram No. 177 of July 29th you informed
me of your suspicion that the obstinate refusal of
Persian Ministers to agree to the enumeration in the
proposed general treaty of the treaties, conventions
and agreements to be abrogated in that instrument might
be connected with the Aaglo-Persian Treaty of 1841, under
Article 2 of which the Persian Government granted
permission that a Hesident of the British Government
should continue to reside at Bushire.
2* I share these suspicions, and agree with the
opinion expressed in your despatch Ho. 395 of August 12th
that the terms of Feroughi’s letter of August 9th confirm
the impression that the position with regard to the Bushire
Mesidei cy may well be the real reason underlying the
attitude of the Persian Government. The question
therefore arises whether the Anglo-Persian Treaty of 1841
can legally be regarded as being still in force in so far
as regards the permission given to the Resident to reside
at Bushire.
3* The Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty of the
28th October 1841 has never been formally abrogated by
treaty* The legal question at issue is, therefore, whether
it can be regarded as having lapsed owing to the subsequent
war of 1856 between Great Britain and Persia, and the
absence
Sir Robert Clive, K.C.M.G.,
&c.,
Tehran*
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