The volume contains papers relating to deliberations of the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, in relation to treaty negotiations between Britain and Persia [Iran]. Part 1 consists of papers regarding the revision of a 1908 Foreign Office memorandum on British int...
File 4535/1928 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Tamb. (and Abu Musa)’
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The volume contains papers relating to the ownership and sovereignty of the islands of Tamb and Abu Musa (and Little Tamb and Sirri) in the Persian Gulf, and negotiations for a general treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran]. The papers mainly consist of correspondence and India Offi...
File 4535/1928 Pt 5 ‘PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL CONTROL IN:-’
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The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to political control in the Persian Gulf and Middle East, specifically the division of responsibility for this region between the India Office and the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office. It includes papers...
File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia: Telegraphs: Position of I.E.T. Dept:’
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The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence, concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia [Iran]. The correspondence mainly relates to negotiations between the British and Persian Governments for the relinquishment of British control of a portion of the I...
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office minute papers, regarding the withdrawal from Persia [Iran] of the Indo-European Telegraph Company and the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD). It includes papers relating to the following: The decision of the Indo-Europe...