"الملف 35/86 I A 32 معاهدة مسقط التجارية، ١٨٩١: مراجعة سنة ١٩٠٥" [و‎‎١‎١‎٢] (٤٨٠/٢٢٧)

of India in the Foreign Denartment, Eo. 4464 5,B. (Oonfiden-
tial), dated the 6th Decemher 1905,) and you have already
instructed the Political Agent to resubmit proposals "based
on the British revised draft, and you anticinate that many
of the Sultan's suggestions will be eliminated bv an exchange
of views.
pending the result of these further negotiations,
it may be well to indicate the changes essential to meet
the objectionable alterations in the draft proposed by the
Sultan, and it is necessary that the earliest opportunity
should he taken by the Political Agent to discuss them
with the Sultan, unless His Highness is prepared to accept
the British draft practically as it stands. In so doin?
the Political Agent must be guided in matters of detail by
his own judgment; but the following statement of the
views entertained by the Government of India on the wider
issues will indicate the amendments to which his efforts
should generally be directed.
4 As regards Article I, it is understood from the
Political Agent's observations, that no difficulty is
anticinated in remedying the defects brought to notice.
Article 11. The Government of India entertain
serious objection to the use of the word "kings" and to
the