File 5015/1919 Pt 1 'Persia: Appointment of Financial Adviser' [287r] (77/94)
The record is made up of 1 item (47 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 1919-30 Apr 1920. 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 item comprises: deciphered telegrams; correspondence; 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. Political Department registry forms with subject and notes; and covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India. The primary correspondents are Sir Percy Cox [Acting Minister] in Tehran, and the Foreign Office.
The papers relate to the appointment by the British Government of a Financial Advisor to the Persian [Iranian] Government, based on the provisions of the ‘Agreement between His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Persian Government’, signed at Tehran, 9 August 1919 (ff 294-295), including:
- The agreement of Sir Percy Cox, the Foreign Office and the Government of India for the appointment of H W Maclean (Imperial Bank of Persia) as Financial Adviser to the Persian Government
- The objection of the Persian Minister to Cox’s proposal of Maclean
- The selection of an alternative candidate, Sydney Armitage Smith, suggested by the Treasury
- Armitage-Smith’s duties, including a copy of his contract of service (in French) with the Persian Government (ff 260-261)
- Clarification of the Financial Adviser’s powers with regard to customs administration, including eventual inclusion of customs tariff revision
- Notification of the arrival of Armitage Smith in Baghdad and his departure for Persia on 11 April.
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- File 5015/1919 Pt 1 'Persia: Appointment of Financial Adviser'
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- 249r:295v
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