مجموعة ٣٠/ ١٧٨ "موقع المقيم السياسي في زمن الحرب." [و‎‎٧] (٣٢٣/١٣)

4. Hughes (who has not yet arrived in Persia
and whose tour will take some time) has come round to
the view that Bushire should be held as a hostile air
force there can contain equal forces at Basra and Bah
rain. If I left Bushire I should have to take the
families of my staff as it would be inpracticable to
take them and leave their families in the lurch*
5. So far as I know it is unprecedented for
us to attack a country without giving British subjects
a chance to withdraw, and since we are to make a show
of force, an evacuation even if only partial would show
greater determination to implement the threat* I
would therefore strongly urge that the Minister be ad
vised to repeat his earlier evacuation instructions and
that a reasonable time be allowed for British subjects
to act upon them before military action is taken.
Reference your paragraph 6 . Unless I
hecxr to the contrary I will go down to Bushire on
August 10th. I would be most grateful for any intima
tion whether this date can be extended as X now have
the minimum stafx necessary and an early move will cause
avoidable casualties through sickness. I am already
a PPlyi n £ "to you for extra staff for Khorramshahr.