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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [117r] (233/313)
The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1935-16 Apr 1936. 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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2621 6000 3 34
Minute Paper
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politxcal Department.
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The Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs is
visiting Delhi this month on his way back to Persia from
a visit to Kabul (previous submission on P.Z.6530/35). In
connection with this he suggested that the opportunity
might be taken for discussions on commercial matters with
the Government of India. His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran
this suggestion to the Government of India in his telegram
of August 30th, (P.Z.6260). In view of the fact that joint
commercial negotiations at Tehran on behalf of the United
Kingdom and India have for some time been envisaged
(E. & 0. 2917/35 and other papers on the attached E.& 0.
file) it was felt that formal discussions at Delhi might
be a mi stake, and the Government of India were asked for
their views - which they gave in their telegram of the
1st October (P.Z.7000/35). They said they would not mind
discussing specific subjects but they would be very
doubtful about discussing general commercial relations
over a wide field - and in any case they reserved their
opinion till they heard the actual subjects the Persians
had in mind. This was obviously reasonable and the
Foreign Office telegraphed on 8th October to His Majesty’s
Minister asking what specific questions they lad in mind.
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The list was eventually produced in Tehran t elegran of the
28th October at P.Z.7814/35. We have heard no more from
the Government of India and presumably they see no
objection to hearing what the Persians have to say on the
points mentioned.
There appears to be no reason why these points
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should^be discussed in a preliminary kind of way, provided
the Government of India do not allow themselves to be
committed/
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Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper cuttings relating to an official visit made by the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bagher Kazemi, to Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi, India. The file’s principal correspondents include: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India. Aside from general commercial matters, specific subjects discussed by Kazemi and Government of India officials, as recorded in memoranda and notes in the file, include: the Duzdap [Zahedan] railway; the status of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, Iran, and questions over its transfer to Bahrain; the demarcation of the Iran-Baluchistan frontier; the employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India at consular posts in Iran; lorry traffic on the Nok Kundi to Zahidan [Zahedan] road. The file also contains a sequence of newspaper articles dated 2-27 February 1936, appearing in the French-language newspaper Le Journal de Teheran , and reporting at length on Kazemi’s visit (ff 6-28).
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- 1 file (154 folios)
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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 155; 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 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:53v, 57r:58v, 61r:118r, 118ar, 118v:119v, 121r:143r, 143ar, 143v:155v, back
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