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File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.' [‎7r] (9/94)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (46 folios). It was created in 11 Mar 1911-13 Jun 1911. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
18822/11
Foreign Office
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
May 18th, 1911.
Sir:
imediate.
With reference to your letter of the 17th
instant enclosing copies of telegrams exchanged with
the Government of India regarding the recent military
operations on the Persian coast for the suppression
of the arms traffic, I an directed by Secretary Sir
E. Grey to state that he concurs in the terms of the
telegram which Viscount Morley proposes to address to
the Government of India in reply to the Viceroy’s
telegram of the 9th instant.
I am
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Under Secretary of State
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. .

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The correspondence discusses military operations which took place on the Mekran [Makran] and Shibkah coasts to suppress the illicit trafficking of arms there.

The operations included naval vessels landing troops who were instructed to cut off raiding parties who had succeeded in illegally landing arms, or who intended to cause damage to telegraph wires in the area (to prevent smuggling efforts from being reported to British and other authorities).

The correspondence is primarily between 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Crew-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey).

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1 volume (46 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 3, and terminates at f 49, as part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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