مجموعة ٢٩/ ١٩ "إجراء تعيين الموظفين القنصليين في بلاد فارس والاعتراف بهم: القاعدة الفارسية التي تنص على قنصل واحد في كل منصب؛ جوازات السفر للمسؤولين العسكريين المُعينين في بلاد فارس" [و‎‎٥‎٢] (٦٤٣/١٠٣)

The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
pointed out certain objections to the suggested change. In
the first place the Government of India might be reluctant to
abandon posts which they had filled for a considerable time.
This consideration might be partly sentimental and as such of
no great weight but it also included the necessity, in the
interests of the Government of India, of maintaining their
influence and organisation in those parts of Iran in case of
any collapse of the present regime. As to this it was felt,
after discussion, that the main responsibility lay with H.M.G.
through H.M. 1 s Minister at Tehran. A more important point
was that the Government of India would expect to be relieved
of their quota of the expenses of these posts and there v/as
a danger that they would thus forfeit their right to be
consulted as closely as at present on matters of policy
affecting Persia. It was suggested that this last con
sideration would be met if the Government of India continued
to pay the salaries of the subordinate officers whose expert
knowledge of local problems would still render them
indispensable. It is also for consideration whether it
would not be desirable for a member of the F. & P. Dept, to be
included in future among the staff of H.M.’s Legation at
Tehran, v/here knowledge of Indian matters (which form so large
a proportion of the daily work of the Legation) would be of
great value.
It was finally agreed that if the Government of India
could be assured that they would be relieved of a substantial
portion of theirjpresent financial contribution in the event
of the proposed change being introduced, they would probably
be prepared to agree, and that with this proviso H.M .*3
Minister might put his proposals before the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
It was thought that if any such change were to be
introduced the present moment would be the most favourable
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