File 5924/1920 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Debt to H.M.G. Private claims against Persian Govt.’ [‎436r] (19/216)

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28th September and previous eorreepoMenoe regarding the
claims of British subjects against the perelsa 8 verms nt
I transmit to you the accompanying copy of a memorandum
prepared in this department explaining the diiiioultiee in
the way of the procedure recently under consideration
whereby, as a part of the general treaty settlement ®
claims commission with a neutral president should be
established to decide by an arbitral award such outstanding
claims as the British and Persian Governments might agree
to bring before it. you will observe from this memorandum
tii&t it has not proved possible to devise a treaty formula
which would be likely to be accepted by Persia and yet . ould
exclude from the purview of the proposed eo unisslon not only
the coiinter-olaijae which the Persian Government are known to
be preparing, but also the Atyohide* claim, - the
of which ease, itself involving a large sum of money’, is open
to strong objection as it might lead to innumerable claims
that other Prise Court cases which have been judicially
settled should similarly be reopenei
2. In these eircuaetanceg, and in view of the
adraitteoly doubtful nature of many of the British claims,
ant 1 the cones -aent possibility that the awards, or b lance
of awards, given by a neutral claims commission in favour
S * a * Olivo, K.C. .Q.,
• te *. etc., ©to.,
Tehran*