ملف ١٩٢٨/٢٠٠ الجزء ٥ "بلاد فارس: العلاقات الأنجلو-فارسية، مفاوضات بشأن المعاهدة" [و‎‎١‎١‎٦] (١١٣٢/٢٣٦)

His Vajeffty 1 n Govemmmt.
(2) The surrender of our century old ilghte in Basidu,
(3) Paymont of mil at llmjm for privileges #iich for
many years past wo had enjoyed rent free.
(4) Hi® free .acquisition by the Persian Govemmmt of
our three mreloss installations in South Persia.
(5) Remission by is hajesty^ Government of £1,000,000
of agreed debt.
(6) Roaunciation of our perpetual moot*favoured-nation
privileges under the Treaty of 1857*
Surely I said these were most fabsta^itul ac>v::a*tajes - in
fact as I told him leymourtache had admitted that Persia
stood to gain far tw re than we under the Treaty.
5* None the less, said Fcroujii, substantial as these
^vantages were, they would not strike the Persian mind as
adequate compensation for the loss of Bahrein, .o Persia.-
for instance had over contemplated paying t His Majesty’s
Govemm^rt what he called the war debt. The non-aggression
clause only reiterated Ihe Kellogg Pact #ulo it was obvious
that His ajeaty *b Covemraont must - treaty or no treaty -
.always enjoy most-favoured-cation rights in i-'ersia w long as
hie two 'courttries ware at peace and he refused to contanplat Q
that tuey could ever bo at war. It was not only in Persia,
ho wont on to say, that the loss of Bahrein would be
criticised but in the Persian press in India and gypt. The
dovomment would need great courage and determination to
carry this Uirouph unless the^ could point to some definite
compensation which uould satisfy tiiair critics. e did not
wari t to conceal from no cither that the Soviet propaganda
department vould alnic*Bt cert^iinly get busy as soon as tie
treaty was published. 3. said that ..y own opinion was that
he Persian Government were quits strong enough to keep their
0W1 in lumd nhan it suited them and to cdm any
e hullition on the part of the deputies to the Lajlis* Hib
Majesty's/