مجموعة ٧/٢٥ "بلاد فارس والخليج الفارسي: الاتفاقية الأنجلو-فارسية المقترحة" [و‎‎٣‎١] (١١٧/٦١)

Minute Paper,
political Department
It will be remembered that consiaerable
discussion took place last year consequent on a
Persian proposal for a bilateral Arms Traffic
Convention with this country. The history of this
question and the principal points then unaer
discussion are examined in the Foreign Office
Memorandum to tne Cabinet of the 23rd May 1933,
C.P.136/33, on the file. The Cabinet subsequently
decided that it was essential tnat we should retain
the right to verify the flag of vessels which might
be falsely flying tne Persian flag, ana tne reply
ultimately sent to the Persian Charge d*Af faires'w
(P.Z.3368/33) proceeded on this basis. '
2. No reply was received- from Persia to our
Note of 3rd June last year until 10th April 1934,
when the Persian Government informed Sir R. Hoare
officially that as the proposals put forward by the
Persian Minister in Switzerland to Sir Jonn Simon in
May of 1933 had not been accepted in their entirety
now
and H.M.G. had made counter propositions they must/be
regarded as wholly withdrawn. In June of this year
the Persians again revived with sir John Simon at
Geneva the proposal for a bilateral convention for
the control of arms traffic in the Persian Gulf.
The text of the draft proposed by them was at about
the same time communicated to H.M. Minister at Tehran
and to the Foreign Office.
3. The Persian proposals are examined in the
Foreign Office letter of 25th July below. They
iInvolve reciproca .1 rights of verification of flag
by the nigh Contracting Parties and further give both
High Contracting Parties the right to verify the flag
2621 6000 3/34
etc.