ملف ١٩٢٨/٢٠٠ الجزء ٥ "بلاد فارس: العلاقات الأنجلو-فارسية، مفاوضات بشأن المعاهدة" [و‎‎١‎٥] (١١٣٢/٣٤)

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOYERNMENT,
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Mr. A. Henderson to Mr. Parr {Tehran).
(No. 77.)
Sir, Foreign Office, February 10, 1931.
I INFORMED Sir R. Clive, in paragraph 3 of my despatch No. 501 of the
26th September last, that neither of the two Persian drafts of article 1 of the
proposed general treaty with Persia was acceptable to His Majesty’s Government.
The British draft of the article, as enclosed in his despatch No. 413 of the
25th August, was preferable, from the drafting point of view, to either of the
Persian drafts, and I requested him to make a further effort to secure the
concurrence of the Persian Government in its terms.
2. At the same time, in view of the fact that the British draft had already
been proposed to the Persian Government, and had not been accepted by them, I
realised that Sir R. Clive might not be able to induce them to reconsider their
attitude. The drafts put forward by the Persian Government have, therefore,
been further examined by the departments of His Majesty’s Government
concerned, in order to determine the amendments which would be required to
render them acceptable to His Majesty’s Government.
3. Whilst the draft embodied in the text of Feroughi’s letter of the
9th August could be rendered acceptable only with great difficulty, it has been
found possible, with very few amendments, so to modify the alternative draft
enclosed as an annex in Feroughi’s letter, as to afford a possible compromise
solution if it prove impossible to induce the Persian Government to accept the
British proposal.
4. The amendments which would have to be introduced into this Persian
draft are as follows :—
{a) In paragraph 2, the words “ d’un tel territoire ” should be replaced by
“ de ses territoires.”
{b) In paragraph 3, the word “ design^ ” should be replaced by “domffi.”
The same amendment would also be reouired in the second note.
(c) In the draft note to be addressed by the Persian Minister for Foreign
Affairs to His Majesty’s Minister, the words £ ‘ sous condition de
reciorocite ” should be omitted, and a further paragraph added to
read as follows :—•
“ H est entendu que 1’engagement donne par Sa Majeste
britannique par le paragraphe 3 de 1’article l er s’4tend aux chefs
d’Etat ci-dessus enum^res.”
{d) The draft note from His Majesty’s Minister to the Persian Minister for
Foreign Affairs could then be re-drafted so as merely to confirm that
the previous note correctlv states the position, or, if the Persian
Government prefer, the following amendments could be made in the
present draft:—
Firstly, the words “ le paragraphe 2 ” should be replaced by the
words “les paragraphes 2 et 3.” Secondly, the word <£ designe ”
should be replaced by ££ donne.” Thirdly, a new paragraph should be
added as follows :—-
“ H est entendu que 1’engagement donn4 par Sa Majesty imperiale
le Schah de Perse par le paragraphe 2 de 1’artiele s’etend aux
territoires des chefs d’Ftat ci-dessus 6num6r4s.”
5. Copies of this draft article and notes showing the amendments suggested
in the preceding paragraph, are enclosed herein for convenience of reference.
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