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File 2626/1905 ‘Persia:- Military Attaché at Meshed’ [131v] (267/532)
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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Sir,
No. 18,943.
Annex.
Treasury to Foreign Office.
Treasury Chambers,
11th November 1908.
The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury have had
before them Mr. Mallet’s letter of the 31st ultimo (No. 36,797), further
respecting the proposed appointment of a Military Attache to His
Majesty’s Consulate-General at Meshed.
In reply I am to say that, in view of the further explanations now
given, My Lords accept the suggestion of Secretary Sir E. Grey that the
appointment should be made, at the joint expense of the Indian and the
Imperial Exchequers, for a period of two years, on the understanding
that the question of its continuance will be considered at the end of that
period. I am accordingly to convey to you their authority for the charge
to Imperial funds of one half of the cost involved, varying, according to
the rank of the officer employed, from 574L 8s. to 927L is. per annum.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
I am, &c.,
G. H. Murray.
Enclosure No. 7.
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.
to 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.
,
1st December 1908.
In reply to your letter No. 39,418, dated the 21st November
1908, as to the appointment of a Military Attache at Meshed, I am
directed to enclose copy of a telegram, dated 28th November, sent to the
Government of India on the subject.
The question of the continuance of the appointment having now been
settled, Viscount Morley would be glad to receive an expression of the
views of Secretary Sir E. Grey regarding its status, as requested in the
letter from this Department dated the 17th March last.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
I have, &c.,
A. Godley,
Annex.
Telegram from Secretary of State to Viceroy, Foreign Department
28th November 1908.
P.— Please refer to your telegram, dated 21st September. Appoint
ment of Military Attache, Meshed, is sanctioned, with effect from 21st
October 1908, for two years. At the end of that period it will be subject
to reconsideration. Treasury agree that a moiety of the cost shall be
borne by British revenues.
Enclosure No. 8 .
Foreign 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.
.
Foreign Office,
. 7th December 1908.
. 1 directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the
pl ol yo^r letter of the 1 st instant, respecting the appointment of
Military Attache at Meshed.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:263v, back-i
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