File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings' [‎24r] (43/224)

the Government ot India in the Foreign Department, No. 198-A.S., dated the
25th December 1906.
No. 3995-F., dated Fort William, the 28th December 1906 (Confidential).
Endorsed by Foreign Department.
* From the Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-'
General in Baluchistan, Nos 972,989, 999 and 1022,
dated the 1st, 6tb, 10th and 14th December 1906.
To the Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-
Geuend in Baluchistan, No. 179, dated the 14th
December 1906.
To the Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-
General in Baluchistan, No. 198-A.S., dated the
25 th December 1906.
A copy of the foregoing telegrams * is
► forwarded to the Resident in the Persian
Gulf for information.
Telegram,, dated the 25th (received 27th) December 1906.
From—The Hon'ble Mr. A. L, P. Tucker, C.I.E., Officiating Agent to the
Governor-General in Baluchistan, Quetta,
To—The Secietary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
Calcutta.
1062. Your telegram of the 25th instant, No. S-198-A. McConaghey’s last
report is that Ahmad Khan crossed the frontier but returned quietly when ordered
by Post Officer, Santsar, and that accuracy of report as to collection of revenue
is doubtful. McConaghey appears to have (been) promptly informed both by
acting Nazim and his own officers of advent of refugees and to have issued
immediate instructions reported under my telegram of the 5th instant, No. 989.
As regards border work, please see my letter of the 21st December, No. 6183.
I suggest awaiting further information before calling for an explanation.
Extract from a letter from the lion'ble Mr. A. L. P. Tucher, C.T.F,, Officiating Agent to the
Governor-General in Baluchistan i No. 6183, dated the 21st [received 27th) December
1906.
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3. As regards Kalat-Mekran cases, the instructions by which the Nazim of
Mekran is at present guided are as. follows:—
u With regard to affairs on the border it is desirable that the chief
direction of these should be in the. Assistant Political Agent’s hands. You
will, as heretofore, deal direct with all minor cases between your people and
their neighbours across the Persian border, but in all important cases you
should, as far as feasible, refer to the Assistant 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. before taking
action. Also all your correspondence with myself (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. in
Kalat) on border matters should in future pass through the Assistant Political
Agent’s hands. That is, yon will submit your reports to 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.
through the Assistant 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. . Further, it will be well if all
correspondence and dealings with high Persian officials, such as the Governor-
General of Kerman, with the Consul at Kerman, with the Belgian Customs
officials and with Russians or other Europeans be conducted directly by the
Assistant 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. .”
These instructions were issued, in July 1905, by Major Showers, with my
tentative approval and were recently re-affirmed by myself in personal confer
ence with 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. , the Assistant 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 the Nazim,
special attention being called to that portion which makes it incumbent on
the Nazim to refer to the Assistant 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. in all important border
cases before taking action. They were framed with considerable care and
with due regard to the principle f laid down by the Government of India that t
the Nazim’s authority is in no way to be superseded. To this principle, in my J
opinion, great importance is to be attached. The instructions appear to me
to give the Assistant 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. a full control of the administration of
border affairs, and I do not think that they require modification. The words
as far as feasible” represent what is really the practical difficulty. When