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'File 14/115 IX B 25 Abu Musa Red Oxide.' [168r] (354/471)
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
J?
PERSIA. [June 21, 1926.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 4.
[E 3783/2261 /91] No. 1.
Sir P. Loraine to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—{Received June 21.)
tffo. ia».) . Tehran, May 31, 1926. \-^
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, with reference to my despatch No. 001
of the 19th November last, copy of a telegram received on the 29th May from His
Majesty's Resident and consul-general at Bushire, and of my reply thereto of the
30th May, with regard to the Island of Abu Musa.
2. It is desirable to place on record a connected account of what has happened
in this regard since my above-mentioned despatch, in which I informed you that I
did not intend to take any action, unless the question of Abu Musa were raised by
the Persian Government.' On the receipt of despatch No. 11/85 S of the 6th March
last from Colonel Prideaux, copy of which is enclosed herein, I decided that in
view of the official" statement by the Director of Customs at Bushire, as therein
recorded, that Abu Musa was regarded as belonging to the Persian Government by
the Ministry of the Interior, a representation to the Persian Government was
necessary. I therefore handed to the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs on the
23rd April copies of mv aide-memoire of the 16th May, 1923, and my letter to the
Persian Prime Minister of the 26th May, 1923 (see my despatch No. 236 of the
29th May, 1923), and explained that I felt it necessary to remind the I ersian
Government of what had passed three years ago in view of the incident created by the
attempt of the customs to fetch samples of oxide from Abu Musa, and the subsequent
assertion by the customs director at Bushire, on the authority of the Ministry ot the
Interior of Persian rights over Abu Musa which, as his Excellency was well aware,
His Majesty's Government were unable to admit. Sir Davood Meftah verified the
fact that the originals of these communications were in the files of the Ministry tor
Foreign Affairs, and suggested that it might be well it copies of them were
communicated personally ^to the Minister of the Interior together with an explana
tion of the circumstances in which the question oi Abu Musa had been resuscitated.
T agreed to do this, and instructed the oriental secretary to see the Minister ot the
Interior on my behalf. Mr. Havard obtained an interview with Dadgar (formerly
known as Adl-ul-Mulk) on the 27th April, and, when handing him the copies, said
that he was not asking for a reply or for an expression of the views of the Persian
Government, but was merely bringing the documents to his notice as they explained
the views of His Majesty's Government as regards Abu Musa. It was to be hoped,
Mr. Havard added, that the status quo ante would be left as it was j i • 0
3 As my personal relations with Dadgar are excellent and 1 have found him a
reasonably-minded man, I confidently anticipated that this comnunucat.on would
bury the question, especially as Dadgar promised to study the dossier of the qu^jon
both in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and in his own Department, if one existed
there I was therefore antonished and concerned at receiving Bushire teteg™™
No. 63 with its report of a fresh assertion by the local Director of Customs of Persian
nroprietarv rights over Abu Musa, on the authority of the Ministry of the Interioi
The fact that M. Stas had acted under instructions from the Administrator-General
of Customs, M. Molitor, who is a very sober official with a good understanding o
international proprieties, made the matter seem all the worse
4. Immediately on the receipt of the telegram I therefore teiephoned for an
interview with Sir Davood Meftah, who received me at noon on the 29th May.
t read to him the Bushire telegram and expressed my amazement and concern at^ts
mutents' the natural interpretation which anyone, I said, woulfi place on tnis
telegram was that the Persian Government, notwithstanding the reminder a month .
•lo-o^made to them of the 1923 correspondence, were asserting their claim to
\bu Musa Nevertheless in view of the friendly relations between the two Govern
ments I could hlrdly believe that this was the case, and hoped there was some
misunderstanding ^ warned his Excellency privately that, if there were no
mismulerstandin" the onlv course for me would he to request the Government
S to SS'a ship of war to Abu Musa to uphold the rights of the Sheikh of
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Correspondence concerning the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island, issues involved in its commercial exploitation, and the award of the concession. Correspondence discusses the interest of Franck C. Stick and Co. Ltd. as well as Persian interest.
Corrrespondents include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Frank C. Strick and Co.; H.M. Consulate Bandar Abbas; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India; Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent Sharjah; Khalid bin Ahmad, Sheikh of Sharjah.
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