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File 5924/1920 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Debt to H.M.G. Private claims against Persian Govt.’ [437r] (21/216)
The record is made up of 1 item (108 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1926-25 Nov 1932. 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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to the establishment of
be meet reluctant to
no
satisfactory alternative, to the complete omission of the
claims question from the general settlement, or to a
solution on the lines of .Article n of the frosty of rwxmnm
/iS the suggestion that His Majesty f E
trOvernmont should now themselves carry out a thorough ^
Investigation of Brill eh claims with a view to abandoning
those which may be found to possess little or m legal
validity* I am iispos#! to agree that this ehoultobe the
first step e ttfeon in th© matter * it occurs to me
however that if* as I understand to be the case, all the
British claims have in the past been presented to the Persian
Government * and if His Majesty* a Government were now to
abandon a considerable number of them, the Persian autho:- ilia
might be encouraged to believe that their policy of simply
ignoring British claims mm achieving its purpose, and
If they continued to take no action the remainder would
in time also be abandoned•
I shall be glai to
your considered views on the
I urn, with great truth and regard
Sir*
Your obedient Servant,
of State)
($d.) MONTEAGLE.
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This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the private and commercial financial claims made by British subjects and companies against the Government of Persia [Iran], as well as Persia’s financial affairs generally.
The papers notably cover:
- Claims of British subjects against the Persian Government, and the forming of an Anglo-Persian commission of enquiry to assess these claims
- British Government proposals for a final inclusive settlement to be paid by the Persian Government, in return for the liquidation of all outstanding British claims
- Persian railways
- British financial interests in Persia.
Also included in the volume are reports and detailed summaries of British Indian and British claims against Persia (ff 465-466 and ff 485-489 respectively).
The principal correspondents are as follows: British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written as Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Imperial Bank of Persia, Treasury; Foreign Office.
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- File 5924/1920 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Debt to H.M.G. Private claims against Persian Govt.’
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- 427r:534v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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