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File 1187/1914 Pt 2 ‘Persia – Policy. British Interests in the South. Russian Policy’ [‎211r] (169/300)

The record is made up of 1 item (149 folios). It was created in 2 Jul 1914-18 Jun 1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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0 A '01 /1914
In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
no. 60468/14.
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Foreign Office
November 14th, 1914
I
Sir
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th ultimo,
^ P.3795, regarding the measures suggested for the
rehabilitation of British interests in Southern Persia.
The Marquess of Crewe calls attention to the views
expressed by His Majesty’s Ambassador at Petrograd as to
the advisability of His Majesty’s Government arriving at
some understanding with the Russian Government before the
end of the war. Sir E. Grey is disposed to consider that
the proposal - which was made only ten days after the
outbreak of war - was limited to certain details then
causing friction between the two Governments, and he does
not think that Sir G. Buchanan desired to suggest any
general or comprehensive arrangement on the whole Persian
question,which, in fact, could only be reached by a
conference of experts discussing the subject without any
regard
The Under Secretary of State
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. .

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This part contains papers, mostly correspondence and 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. minute papers, relating to British interests and Russian policy in the South of Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to the following:

  • the condition of the Lynch road from Ahwaz to Isfahan (the Bakhtiari Road)
  • the question of how far diplomatic action by HM Government in order to rehabilitate British interests in South Persia is desirable or practicable in existing circumstances
  • the Foreign Office recommendation that revised assurances should be given to the Sheikh of Mohammerah, in order to strengthen the British position in Arabistan
  • the Foreign Office view that the moment is not opportune for taking up the various questions of policy in South Persia
  • the collection of taxes by Russian consuls in Persia
  • the state of affairs in the districts of Urmia and Soujboulak
  • the appointment of a Governor-General at Ispahan
  • grievances of the Persian Government against the Russian Government
  • Russian ‘intrigues’ with the Bakhtiari khans
  • the proposed substitution of a Bakhtiari for Nizam-es-Sultaneh as Governor-General of Luristan

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