مجموعة ٢٩ /٤٢ "النفقات الدبلوماسية والقنصلية: المساهمات (من الإيرادات الهندية) في دفع تكلفة وجود قس بريطاني في طهران؛ المقابر المسيحية في بلاد فارس والخليج الفارسي" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٢] (٧٠٤/٢٠٢)

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I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to request
you to inform the Marquess of Zetland that he has recently
been in communication with the Imperial War Graves Commission
and with His Majesty f s Representative at Tehran with regard
to the future maintenance of the British cemeteries at Henjam
and Basidu.
2. Lord Zetland will be aware that when the naval
stations at Henjam and Basidu were relinquished in April 1935
the Persian Government gave an assurance that the cemeteries
would be respected and facilities accorded for their
maintenance by such persons as His Majesty T s Minister at Tehran
might designate; and the most satisfactory method of ensuring
that this maintenance is properly carried out in years to come
v/ill be, in Mr. Eden T s opinion, to register the cemeteries in
the name of the Imperial War Graves Commission, and to ask the
Commission to accept the ultimate responsibility for their
supervision, even though in practice they may have to rely upon
His Majesty’s Representative in Tehran, with the help of His
Majesty’s Consular Officers and perhaps of the naval authorities
in the Persian Gulf, to carry out the actual details of
administration. On this point he has consulted His Majesty’s
Representative, who agrees that the registration and maintenance
of the cemeteries could be carried out in this manner on behalf
of/
The Under-Secretary of State,
India Office