Geneva, Aug. 26.
The secretariat of the League of Nations has sent to the member, states of the League copies of a letter which the Persian Foreign Minister addressed to the Britis:
Minister at Teheran protest -|against the concession awarded an international understanding the.eabject and annual reports but} in flo case would we accept inter: national. control or inspection on) the: spot. - That would - involve of French sovereignty with which there can b no concession." That according the French Minister explained th¢ refusal of the French delegate td ote for the-convention at Geneva, which involved an infringement of national sovereignty—AR.Le. a British oil syndicate by the Shetk of the Bahrein islands in the Persian gulf for the exploitation of their gil-deposits.." The Persian Minister's note declared, form "an integral part Persia and furthermore announc: that the Persian Government not only considers the concession mull and void but will claim compensation—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.
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