ملف ١٩٢٨/٢٠٠ الجزء ٥ "بلاد فارس: العلاقات الأنجلو-فارسية، مفاوضات بشأن المعاهدة" [و‎‎١‎٨] (١١٣٢/٤٠)

Minute Paper
Department,
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xBut the draft notes
were meant to go
with this Counter
draft, as Feroughi
clearly stated in
his letter of 9th
August and these
notes cover the que;
tion of the Arab
States. Our own
proposal is quite
similar (P.2513).
J.c.U}.
Owing to the suspension of the general treaty
negotiations, no reply has yet been sent to the F.O.
letter of October 4th, which is in answer to our letter
of September 12th, (P.5639/30) regarding the Persian
counter-proposals in so far as they affect Articles,
1, 6 and 7 of the proposed Treaty. It now appears
(d.o. below of November 26th) that the F.O. are anxious
that any outstanding points should be cleared up, so
that they may know exactly where they stand when negot
iations are re-opened (on Sir R.Clive’s return from
leave). They have accepted our views on Articles 6 and
7 (Despatch to Tehran dated September 26th, para.2).
As regards Article 1, it remains for decision whether,
if the Persians refuse to concur in the British draft
(contained in F.O. letter dated 17th April 1930 -
P.2513/30) we can accept their alternative draft - the
pis al1er referred to in the departmental notes on
P.5639/30 (one may leave aut of account the other
Persian counter-draft, (top of page 2 of the print)
which completely ignores the position of the Arab States
x
in special treaty relations with H.M.G). The fundamental
difference between the British draft and the Persian
alternative draft is that the former embodied, in the
actual text, a list of the Arab Principalities, whereas
the latter would relegate this list to an exchange of
notes (which may or may not be published). On this point,
however, H.M.G. have agreed to meet the Persians (vide
aide memo ire enclosed in the Tehran despatch dated 26*th
January 1930, - P.1175/30) and the present submission has
reference only to points of drafting. In this respect
the British version is manifestly superior, for, as the
F.O. point out in their despatch of September 2^th,para.