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File 619/1907 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic :- Muscat Warehouse. Negotiations with France 1907-1911.' [‎118r] (244/980)

The record is made up of 1 volume (488 folios). It was created in 1 Aug 1906-25 Aug 1911. It was written in English and French. 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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No. 3192, dated Bnshire, the 4th (received 13th) December 1910 (Confidential).
From—L ieotenast-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E., 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 (jult,
To —The Secretary to the Government of India in the B’oreign Department.
In continuation of my letter* No. 2880, dated the 29th October 1910, on
• Serial No. 57. the subject of the position at Ma&kat in
No. 1512 , doted th. 19 th Ncember 1910 . connection with the arms t. affic, X have
the honour to forward a copy of a further
communication from Major Trevor in the same connection.
2. Prom the Government of India’s point of view the position described
could hardly be more satisfactory. We have the foreign armsdealers in a state
of scuttle and the Sultan in extremis from a financial point of view.
Unfortunately in Foreign Department telegramf No. S.—698, dated 17th
. 0 . . „ OQ November, I was informed that “ there is
no immediate prospect of negotiations
with the French.”
A recent suggestion in Reuters to the effect that the cession of Chander-
nasrore was under negotiation, coupled with the lively endeavours of the French
armsdealers in Maskat to sell their stocks of arms and leave Oman, had led me
to hope t lat some negotiations were actually on foot, anh it was consequently
•with the more acute disappointment that 1 have .received the intimation above
quoted.
I beg, with the highest respect, to remind the Government of India that
the whole basis of tite recommendations of their representatives, in the direc
tion of the inception and the maintenance of this expensive blockade for two
full seasons, has been that His Majesty’s Foreign Office would, in that period, be
able to negotiate a settlement with France ; and that the effect of the blockade
would be to reduce the Sultan and the French element to a frame of mind
conducive to the acceptance of reasonable terms.
The blockade lias in every way achieved the results anticipated, as the
present correspondence shows clearly enough, but so far as l am aware it will
not be kept up after the close of this winter season, and failing a settlement
with the French in that time, we can only apprehend that the trafhc will
speedily, or at the best gradually, revive.
I venture to urge very earnestly that the seriousness of this prospect be
not lost sight of.
No. 1512, dated Maskat* the 19tk November 1910 (Confidential).
F rom Major A. P. Trevor, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and His Britannic Majesty's Consul,
Maskat,
To—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. , Bushire.
I have the honour to submit the following report regarding the present
position of affairs at Maskat in connection with the arms traffie.
2. Mens. Lagasse, the Agent of Messrs. Baijeot & informs me thathe
has sold off his entire stock and is now ready to leave, but a h . no
his passage towards the end of December he wi ^ al _ sellmf quite o-ood
doubt he has sold off at av e ry heavy 1 *®; ‘‘ f Kmv ai t wa s able to 'buy
weapons at £1 a piece. Q he Agent of the h h at art oE tll0
a number of rides very cheap from Mom. -La 0 as ,
stock has been taken over by Ali bin Musa.
3. Hons. Lapicque informs me that .l? 6 orie^’^by tlie end of tlle
of the “ Compagme de 1 Inde et de 1 , as on0 J tlie Company’s
year, when he proposes to take up his pern 3
agents in China. . „ rifleg up the coast with his
4. Ali Musa has sent a consignme den6t at one of the smaller
agent, Nasir, and apparently intends to es dditi ^ to hi s existing depot at
coast ports, Barkah, Masnaa or Suweykh, m adcuuon m

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The volume discusses the arms trade at Muscat and attempts by the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat to prohibit it; also included are reports and discussions from the Conference on Arms Traffic which was being held in Brussels in 1909 at the same time as the discussions in the volume.

Included in the volume is correspondence with the French Consul at Muscat (Lucien-Ernest-Roger Laronce, and Charles Céleste Albert Jeannier) and representatives of the Government of France regarding both the need for French co-operation to enforce the prohibition, and suspicions that French merchants at Muscat were involved in the trade.

The later correspondence discusses the following: a proposal made by the French Government that would have seen the Gambia being given by Britain to France; the decision by the French Government to attempt to end the arms trade in Jibuti [Djibuti]; and reports on the work of British naval authorities to stop vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and seize arms and ammunition.

The principal correspondents for the British Government 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul at Maskat [Muscat] (William George Grey, Robert Erskine Holland, and Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Sir Louis William Dane, and Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler); the Naval Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station (Sir Edmund Samuel Poe, and Edmond John Warre Slade); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Victor Alexander Bruce, Lord Elgin); the British Ambassador to France (Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame), and representatives of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the 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. .

This volume is part 1 of 10. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (488 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 619 (Arms Traffic) consists of 7 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/111-116. The volumes are divided into 10 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6, 7, 8, and 9 comprising the sixth volume and part 10 comprising the seventh volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 484; 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. Two mixed foliation/pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 229-242 and ff 258-270 respectively; these numbers are written in blue crayon.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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