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Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Marling (Constantinople).
(No. 405.) R. Foreign Office, August 15, 1913, 6'45 p.m.
I HAVE some difficulty in making definite plans for Mr. Wratislaw and Captain
Wilson, partly because I am uncertain of the Russian plans.
I assume that the date of meeting for the several missions, or at any rate the
British and Russian ones, should be fixed as 18th (31st) October at Mohammerah.
Mr. Wratislaw has to return to Crete to conclude private arrangements, and
proposes to proceed direct from there to Mohammerah by sea, as it would be
inconvenient for him to go to Constantinople.
Captain Wilson wishes to spend ten days in Tehran, for business connected with
the Mohammerah-Khorremmabad Railway, some time in latter half of September. He
would propose to go there via Constantinople, which he would have to leave not later
than 5th September (n.s.). You could therefore see him, as you desire, at any time
between now and 5th September most convenient to you, and date of his departure
from London depends on your reply. He cannot return from Tehran to see Russian
Mission, and must proceed direct from Tehran to Mohammerah. If, therefore,
M. Minorsky wishes to see Captain Wilson in Constantinople, the only convenient time
will be between now and 5th September. Please discuss whole matter with Russian
Ambassador and telegraph result. You should warn his Excellency of difficulty of
securing steamer accommodation for mission in the autumn. I suggest date of meeting
to be 31st October instead of 1st December, as first suggested, because I understand
the Russian Mission will be at Constantinople by second week in September, and that
therefore they will be able to reach Mohammerah by 31st October.
(Repeated to St. Petersburg!!, No. 596, and Tehran, No. 359.)