ملف ١٩٢٨/٢٠٠ الجزء ٦ "مفاوضات المعاهدة الأنجلو-فارسية" [و‎‎٦‎٥] (٦٤٢/١٢٣)

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(E 1X96/18/34)
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QT? PIPEMJIAIi •
13th March, 193r
1640 |
Sir,
On your return to Tehran to resume eharge of
your post it may be anticipated that you will he met
with an enquiry from the Persian Minister for foreign
Affairs, or from the Minister of Court, as to the
manner in which His Majesty^ Government in the United
Kingdom regard the treaty negotiations on which you have
been engaged during the past two years, I think it
well therefore to review the position for your guidance
in meeting any such enquiry and more particularly in
conducting the negotiations in future.
2 « In the first place, I desire to make it clear
that, should the Persian Government show themselves
genuinely anxious to meet the desiderata of His Majesty 1 s
Government, I am no less ready than hitherto to reach
a satisfactory and comprehensive treaty settlement of
all the more important questions still outstanding*
His Majesty 1 s Government remain convinced that such
a settlement is in the interests of both countries, and
that no favourable opportunity should be lost of
reaching a mutually advantageous agreement.
2. The course of the negotiations has not shown,
however, that the Persian Government are animated by a
similar desire to bring the negotiations to an early
and mutually satisfactory conclusion, in August last,
at a time when the negotiations had already been
proceeding for more than a year and a half without
agreement having been reached on any one of the mox e
Robert Clive,IC. j .M.G.,
eoc., etc ., et c.
Tehran.
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