Coll 30/106 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Bushire flag incident, 1934.' [84r] (167/179)
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Decypher. Mr. Itiatchbull-Kujesssn (Tehran).
5tli December 1934.
D g 12.35 p v m. 5th December 1934.
D. 9.00 p c m. 5th December 1934.
No, 179.
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Bush ire tele •Tern No. 157.
I take it th \t Garmsir had. been required, under Merchant
Shipping Act of 1394 to fly the Red Ensign in the circum
stances described.
As Lieutenant Darayazda was a passenger in British
India liner he woe presumably not an duty* If so, either
he was wearing Persian naval uniform when not entitled to
do so or he was in plain clothes, in which case he had no
right to give orders; in either case I presume we are
entitled to object. I am asking
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
to
renort on this.
Matter is clearly one which must be taken up strongly
with Persian Government, i7e could use arguments in two
preceding paragraphs (if you agree) and any others which
you can supply. There may also be argument regarding
territorial waters (see my telegram No. 140 to Bushire).
In addition I suggest we should ask for full enquiry and
disciplinary action against Lieutenant Darayazda. I doubt
utility of asking Minister for Foreign Affairs to apologize
as chances of getting him to do so are very remote but I
would suggest asking either that Governor of Southern
Ports.,..
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The file concerns an incident at Bushire on 26 November 1934, in which an allegedly drunk Persian naval officer ordered a British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) tender, the Garmsir , to haul down the red ensign. The officer was said to have accompanied the order with threats, and to have struck a British Indian clerk.
The papers contain correspondence and memoranda from HM Minister, Tehran, the Foreign Office, and 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. discussing what the British response to the incident should be, and recording the resulting diplomatic contacts over the affair with the Government of Iran.
The papers indicate that the Iranian Government failed to express any regret over the incident, and that the British Government expressed official disappointment as a result.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 89; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, front-i, 2r:23v, 24v:53v, 57r:89v, back
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