"ملف ٥/ ١٩٣ II (ب ٣٨) الرق في الخليج" [و‎‎٦] (٤٧٥/١٦)

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.
PERSIA.
January 1, 1930.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
Section 1.
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Mr. A. Henderson to Sir R. Clive (Tehran).
(No. 1.)
Sir, Foreign Office, January 1, 1930.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 503 of the 24th October, enclosing for your
information copies of letters* addressed to the. Admiralty and India Office regarding
the Persian Governmeat’s wish to secure the revision of the Anglo-Persian Slavery
Convention of 1882, I transmit to you the accompanying copies of further interdepart
mental correspondence on this subject.*
2. I observe from paragraph 4 of your despatch No. 553 of the 9th November
that it is at present your intention to make a final attempt to induce the Minister of
Court to accept the original British proposals for a new Slavery Convention. If,
however, it becomes clear to you that his Highness is not likely ever to accept those
proposals, you are authorised to submit to him the annexed drafts of an article and
protocol for insertion in the general treaty. I trust that if it is necessary to act on
these lines you will endeavour to turn to all possible advantage the substantial
concession to Persia represented by these new proposals; and you may make it plain
to Teymourtache that if he is not prepared to accept even these proposals it appears
useless to examine further the possibility of revising the 1882 Convention.
3. You will observe from paragraph 4 of the India Office letter of the
28th November that the Secretary of State for India anticipates difficulties in regard
to the reference in the preamble of the draft protocol enclosed herein to the fact that
preventive duties in the Gulf have hitherto been exercised by His Majesty’s Government
on behalf of Persia. If you agree that the Persian Government are unlikely to accept
any such statement in the protocol you may delete the words “hitherto undertaken
solely by His Britannic Majesty ” before handing the drafts to the Minister of Court.
I am, &c.
ARTHUR HENDERSON.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Draft of Article and Protocol.
Article in the General Treaty.
THE high contracting parties agree that the convention between them for the
Suppression of the Traffic in Slaves, signed at Tehran on the 2nd March, 1882, shall, as
from the date of the coming into force of the present treaty, cease to have effect and be
replaced by the provisions of the protocol signed on this day, which is to be regarded
as an integral part of the said treaty.
Protocol.
His Majesty the King, &c., and His Majesty the Shah of Persia, being equally
animated by the desire to prevent any recrudescence of the slave trade in the Persian
Gulf; recognising that the convention between them for the Suppression of the Traffic
in Slaves, signed at Tehran on the 2nd March, 1882, is unsuited to present conditions ;
and being desirous that the said convention shall be replaced by arrangements agreed
between them under which due effect shall be given to the desire of His Majesty the
Shah of Persia to assume his share of the responsibility (hitherto undertaken solely by
His Britannic Majesty) for the suppression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, have
accordingly appointed plenipotentiaries for this purpose :—
(Names of Plenipotentiaries.)
* Nofc printed.
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