Telegrams Relating to the South Persia Rifles [‎110v] (2/4)

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force under the Commander-in-Chief in India who would nominate a
experienced General Officer to exercise command and be the supreme Britn!
authority under Field Service Regulations, Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 8 u
to the borders of Baluchistan. His authority must be supreme in ah
matters subject to instructions received from Government of India \\'
instructions will be issued by Government of India under the orders /f
Home Government, and after reference when necessary to the Minister nt
Teheran, who will thus have opportunity of guiding policy to be followed
He must be tree to act according to need of situation, in judging which L*
will have the advice of his local Political Officers, and in matters beyond
their competence that of Minister at Teheran. But on general miliHrv
policy governing mission strength and object(s) of his force from time to
une, he will receive instructions from Government of India who will nf
course, frame these mstructious according to genera] policy of His Majesty’s
Government and after hearing the advice of Minister at Teheran Secondly
to encourage trade on the Bushire-Shiraz road and for this purpos, to
permit rehelhoug Khans outside Bush,re to quietly re-establish rel itions with
us without promising them anything in the future. We li v^ no v
proposed this pohey but hitherto it has not found favour at Teheran Y
As to tour particular question and in view of foregoing, we advise
. against occupation of plain country between Bushire umi linlit ;' ■.
ssras rs vast ttt -s
there demand it. (3) la addition' I I' p T' ^ ke> l & 10u,d tl10 situation
3 battalions, 2 mountain n .s T A 1 “ ,8, " re 8 :4rri , sou "e estimate that
requirements of limited operations hr ^" le , Inounte 'l “oops would meet
which is deprecated in (1) above. To oomitry north of Bushire,
party of 10 officers and 53 Britkli .+ orce Sykes we propose to send a
Mounted Infantry, one battaliun In V 1 U i°j S Wlt 1 au escort one company
drafts. The abo^ can be ^^y and Gavalry and Artillery
correspondingly the troops disposable" to ‘f ’ ‘ le,r 1 ,les l ,atcl * ie<l»cing
would take four 10-pounder ounT^f r to , r ® lnforce other forces. They
<>l mu,mtain batteriL there anFf ,, ifT Hr0m 0 in '>y rearmament
have one officer under CommandlrT “pm't® • gU ? 8 ’ . ( - 4 ) " is <>esirable to
", t le S"’ 1 ' Persia theatre of n p® 1,1 ndla supreme control
Commanding, Mesopotamia, is f,.,^ tlons .’ 1 and . the General Officer
, 1Im ' Moreover, he reports i ° C ,"" pied " ltp mission assigned
who would thus be i„ a position m ^ n Commander - in - Chie1 ' ", India
( W* WM lndw with the military ^ dlnat e all military action in South
Z'TTL* T ? d - -d t^fc-^potaniia, an,, to advise
accordingly.
vi" Jmlla and Ohj e [ 0 f i m ; . *' j eBupoi,amiu, and to
• ' suggest that Svkcseonii i 1 lm P er, t J General Staff accon
thlt'n^ ^ ot U - d t a «Chief Political AdvTser
I'olitira" ,n;" 1 : 0U . W .?>- kef > recalled' th ! ‘ do »<X
SKf IWsia ’ ^hwCdo^tp^
otherst? Gou « h ^ »>«^
paramoum 111,5 Present themselves to „I I ' fllc ' er , Commanding. (6) No
T,mi7 .:r r,i ' nC0 , of a 'mi‘ling «' an It We desirc t0 emphasize the
»rent 8 wit ,,, u TT I ; lfationH HkeW 'to r2,d| h '“ 8 r lht ' natl " e <’ f <l«al
that the 7; ! 0ldod w ! lr meusating 1 k' n 1 m military commit-
Shiia* wiff certab | Inigrat “ or ' of Kashu a j ‘^ s 'ho local opinion is
hot weather inine le.'tK reaSt ’ “Mt of conmlieat' ^ iamsie h tribes towards
meet this risk i,, t ; 1 S tk< ' movement of troiu, •"r' 1 '* 1 le f e > pariicularlv as the
Sykes. m ‘e Prevent (VirAmS^ 1 ,he we hope to
The Foreign lw , ptl0 >') by the immediate support of
miller No. 00 § ‘toil , “ ,e,U 1,av e repeated r
- -0th January. aUd abo '’c to Minister at Teheran,