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Coll 28/76 ‘Persia. Turkey. Turco-Persian Frontier.’ [129r] (257/429)
The record is made up of 1 file (213 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1927-24 Jan 1935. It was written in English and French. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
PERSIA.
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2 5 R 8 ! March 11, 1929.
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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[E 1253/279/34]
No. 1.
Sir G. Clerk to Sip Austen Chamberlain.—(Received March 11.)
(No. 95.)
Sir, Angora, February 26, 1929.
IN my despatch No. 55 of the 5th instant, I had the honour to inform you that
the Persian Ambassador would shortly resume his frontier discussions with the
Turkish Government.
2. Faruki Khan, who leaves this evening for Geneva, has now been here for six
days, and in that period has had at least one prolonged interview with the Minister
for Foreign Affairs. He has, however, confided to a member of my staff that no real
progress has been made. The two parties are now, according to Faruki Khan, in
agreement as regards co-operation between frontier authorities, and the Ambassador
appeared relieved to learn that the existing arrangements on the Iraqi-Turkish
frontier viere working quite satisfactorily.
3. The real difficulties are apparently being encountered over the actual frontier
line. Faruki Khan stated that he had done his utmost to get the 1914 line accepted
without modification, but, though the Persian Government would probably be
prepared to be accommodating over the delimitation of the short northern sector of
the line, which was not contemplated on the outbreak of war in 1914, he had now
become convinced that the Turkish Government would not stand by the 1914 agree
ment, and that a separate frontier protocol would become necessary. Unfortunately,
the Turkish Government had in the interval occupied, and now refused to evacuate,
one or two areas beyond the delimitated frontier of 1914. The Persian Government
likewise refused to surrender territory which had been assigned to Persia in 1914,
and for the moment a deadlock had been reached.
4. In conclusion, Faruki Khan stated that he would be back in Angora towards
the end of March. He thought that the Turkish Government honestly desired a
settlement and, such being the case, he did not altogether despair of reaching one on
bis return.
5 . I am sending a copy of this despatch to the British High Commissioner for
Iraq and to His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
I have, &c.
GEORGE R. CLERK.
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Correspondence, maps and other papers exchanged between British officials in response to a 1927 dispute between Persia [Iran] and Turkey over the delimitation of the frontier between the two countries. The dispute arose when Persian troops crossed the frontier into Turkey. The file’s principal correspondents are: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran; HM’s Ambassador at Constantinople, George Russell Clerk, who also wrote from his summer residence at Therapia [Tarabya]. The file covers:
- Correspondence dated 1927 commentating on diplomatic relations between Persia and Turkey, and the diplomatic efforts between the two countries to resolve the frontier dispute
- The ratification of an agreement between the Governments of Persia and Turkey, establishing the frontier between the two countries. A copy of the agreement (in French), dated 1933, is included in the file (ff 34-35).
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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- 1 file (213 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 214; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/76 ‘Persia. Turkey. Turco-Persian Frontier.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 12r:19v, 22r:32v, 35r:48r, 50v:51v, 55r:68r, 69r:73v, 75r:77v, 80r:89v, 91r:92v, 94r:97v, 99r:143v, 145r:170v, 172r:175v, 180r:189v, 191r:197v, 199r:214v, back
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