"ملف ٨/٣ شؤون دولة مسقط: العلاقات بين جوادر وقلات - بيع جوادر" [و‎‎١‎٤] (٦٠/٢٧)

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23rd i obraary, 1943.
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nould you reier to your dnai.*off 1«1 aI l#tter» to
Oo.iaXdson^ i’0»2J2« ,: .> ol’ 22nd J&nuaiy nd^o«2/3 a *o oi* 29 th«Janu&i;
regarding dvradur. p
2. «ifith regard to pare^aiii 5 oi* your letter of 22nd January,
we agree that the iolitioal -gent night inform tiie Sultan on
his return to Muao&t in &arcn that wb have reason to believe
tiuit Kalat State m«y ai^proaoh him direct with a proposal for
trie sale of Owadur aad tnat the iblitical Agent aiiould aak him
what his attitude would be to sucn a proposed. If the Sultan
then aBrvS what tiie d#a* GovernDient 1 3 vie a are about the sale
of Gwadur the political Agent migfit rexdy that if the Sultan
oeairea to consider trie proposal seriously the matter will be
referred to tiie ^roveriiiont* He might at the seme tiro©
mention to the Suit an the ambiguity about the international
position of kalat. We feel that an answer on theue lines would
be preferable to telling the Sultan that we are willing to
leatfe it entire3y to him to decide, and thin; that before
committing ourselves it would be better to wait until v/e know
the Sultan’s attitude and until tiw international position of
h&l t is clarified.
3. it:i regard to paragraph 6 0 / your letter of 22 nd January,
we agree tiiat it would be better to say nothing to the Sultan
at the mumeat rogijrding tiie possibility of a tribal incursion
from alat into uwailur. V/« certainly do not want to enter into
any cornait © t tj defei d Gwadur against aggressio ., and do not
lieutenant-^- olonel hir 2 . i uy,
K.O.X. C.o.X.
ieraian Gulf r.ealdenoy,
3,^0 in.
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