مجموعة ٦/٢٩ "المحمرة وخرمشهر: التعيينات في النيابة القنصلية والقنصلية" [و‎‎٣‎٢] (٤٧٠/٦٥)

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tiftoUlon r«ftOh«d on naggontion*
My own Yicnr i« ho^*v#r th^t wfeottier \m huv« a Jon«ul-3«ncral
at Buahiro or not# oo long *«• Kl^oivaoaihaVir rw.ain* a Con-
sulato and tha poat !• hold by a fairly oonior offioor of
tho Indian ^olltloal Sorrioo it io oioat undooirahlo that it
should bo subordinatod to tho Gonsu late-Oonoral at Ah^as
onioh may Tory wall ha hold by an of» ioer of aquai or lost
sawisa*
4* ilth regard to Irdioii representation on tha
Peralan ahora of tua lulf 1 fully agree that taoro can ba
no question of separata Indian Consulates being subordinate
to tha British Consular posts once India nao boooKa Indepand-
usnt* in tha ttsanwhile it appears to aa iapossihla to
oonsidar tha appointment ol irdepani ent Indian C^nsula in
plaoee snare Canaulatas are otaf ad by Indian iolitioal
Sorrloa ofiioe s who are already serronts of the Government
el India* Possibly a eo&tpromise night be readhfd by tha
appointment as an interim reassure of Indian Trails Commissioners |
or Trads Agents* 1 understand that aoout a year ago a
proposal sae made for the appointment of an Indian trade
CommiseicHner at hhorramsnahr but can »ot refer to the papers
shieh are in fijehire# »har* the tise ooaes for the ioreign
Off lee to take over the present British Consular poets then
some arrerigement for Indian Consul &r representation sill
be neoes ary* O^tctde the Kborrameha r Consulato the
numoer of Indian natioimls along the Seutfc Persian ooast
is very ereall indeed end apcrt frow this Indiu’s tacg|ible
interests in the *ay of con eroe er«> not v^ry great* her
polities! and strategical interests are difficult to estimate
until her exaot future status is known* At first sight I
am luellned to think that a Consul at Khorrs^shaur sutnorissd
to sat eh Indian interests along the xtoole of the ^outn
/ Persian