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Sir ' iittttt t * . , foreign Office, January 17, 1934.
WITH reference to your despatch No. 265 of the 2nd June iL regarding
the right of the Imperial Bank of Persia to customs immunity, I transmit to vou
the accompanying copy of a letter from the London manager of the bank (') who
has since furnished me with a copy of Mr. Mallet's letter of the 2nd Aumist
1933, to Mr. Wilkinson.
2. If you have not already taken action in the matter and see no strong
reason to tlie contrary, it will, m my view, be preferable that you should leave
it to Mr. Wilkinson himself to communicate to the Persian Government the whole
or a part of the legal opinion obtained by the bank, as he may think fit If you
consider that any supplementary action on your part is required, it would be
sufficient to inform the Persian Government that you have noted with satis
faction their decision in regard to the continued exemption of the bank from the
payment of customs dues and in view of this decision do not consider it necessary
to enter into an academic controversy regarding the rights of the bank under the
terms of their concession; but that you wish, nevertheless, to place it on record
that you do not agree with the legal arguments adduced in the Persian memo
randum of the 24th July, 1933.
3. I shall be glad to learn in due course what action you take or have
already taken in this matter.
I am, &c.
JOHN SIMON
0) December 28, 1933, Section 1.
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