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File 2626/1905 ‘Persia:- Military Attaché at Meshed’ [‎22v] (49/532)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1904-16 Nov 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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Oil Jli. VjritJV ClltlLOXJ ct^x vyvyo ^ xr # , T 1- 1 1
Commissioners that any Imperial contribution made under this head
in excess of half the officer’s pay should be subject to a maximum
The Secretary to the Treasury.
I am commanded by the Army Council to forward herewith, for
the information of the Secretary of State for India, a copy of a letter
(No. 1259/11, dated the 6th instant) received from the Lords Commis
sioners of His Majesty’s Treasury regarding the amount of the contri
bution to be paid from Army Funds towards the maintenance of the
appointment of a Military Attache at Meshed.
2. It is understood that the Foreign Office has also addressed you
direct on the subject.
I have, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State R. H. Brade.
Adverting to Mr. Trade's letter of the 4th ultimo (No. 0162/95 F. 1),
with regard to the post of intelligence officer at His Majesty’s Consulate-
General at Meshed, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty’s Treasury to transmit herewith, for the information of the
Army Council, copy of the further correspondence, noted below, which
has passed between this Department and the Foreign Office on the
subject:—
Treasury to Foreign Office of 10th January 1911.
Foreign Office to Treasury of 19th January 1911.
Treasury to Foreign Office of this day.
1 heir Lordships sanction provision being made in Army Estimates
for an inclusive payment of 500L a year to the Government of India
accordingly, the arrangement to be reviewed in two years time frcm the
1st ultimo, as suggested by the Council.
Enclosure No. 6.
War Office to 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. .
Sir,
No. 0162/95. (M.O. 1).
War Office, London, S.W.,
13th February 1911.
for India.
Annex.
Treasury to War Office.
Sir,
Treasury Chambers,
6th February 1911.
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office.
I am, &c.,
G. H. Murray.

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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about government expenditure on the Government of India post of Military Attaché at the British Consulate General at Meshed in Persia. The main correspondents are senior officials in London at the Foreign Office, 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. , War Office and Treasury. They discuss the joint funding of this post by the Government of India and the Home Government in London (also referred to as the Imperial Government), the continuance of the existing financial contribution to the salary for this post by the Foreign Office and an additional contribution by the War Department out of Army funds, 1910-1911. The correspondence includes representations in 1905 from Arthur Hardinge the Consul General at Tehran, Lieutenant Colonel C F Minchin the Consul General for the province of Khorasan at Meshed and his successor Major P Molesworth Sykes, to the Government of India and the Home Government in London, advocating the retention of Meshed as a centre of military intelligence about Russian Central Asia and the appointment there of a military intelligence officer, given the absence of a British Consular presence in Russian Turkestan and the value of such intelligence gathering to Government of India military authorities in particular.

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1 volume (259 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2626 (Persia – Military Attaché at Meshed) consists of one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 264; 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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