'14/115 VIII B 17 Abu Musa Red Oxide' [‎91r] (191/521)

It is requested that in any.f arther communication
an this subject the under-mentioned letter and ,
number may be quoted, and the reply addressed to —
The Under Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ,
London, S. W r .
P.
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INDIA OFFICE The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W,
8th July 2923*
Sir,
'ith re fGrwica to oc Gndancv ending vith my
latter of the 3ni Juna 2923, No. P. 2935b, as to the
Abn Mnsa Oxide question, I am directed to invite
attention to the Viceroy's te2eQran of the ? th ultimo
on the subject, copy of which was cmnmicoted to your
department on the 30th idem*
The Marquess of ^rewe concurs generally in the
views ej:j ressei by the Covemwenr oj Inuia ana the &siJ~
ent in the Persian Oulf, and he shares the conclusion
at which they have arrivei, and Mich, as wouli a// ear
from the 12th paragraph c/ your letter No* 17825 of the
21st Muy last, has the assent of the Secretary of State
for foreign Affairs, that the most satisfactory solution
of the question would be the payment of a lumj sm to
Messrs* Wonckhaus A Ho * in extinction of all their
claims*
Fis Lordship would suggest, he yever, th^t Sir P*
Opx 's iietailed observations should be a aited before*
any further communication is made to the fteman
Government * In the meanwhile it would seem premature
to open direct negotiations with the firm*
I hov* the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient : ermnt.
. * *
The Under Secretary
FOREIGN OFFICE.