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'Expenditure on Malleson Mission and troops in East Persia, 1918 to 1921' [‎10r] (19/34)

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The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 1921. 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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APPENDIX I.
1 .—India Office io Treasury.
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. ,
gj,. 14th August 1918.
I am directed bv the Secretary of Staie for India to forward for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, copy of a
No. 1CM83, .>nl August 1918. telegram 1 from the Government of India, Army Department,
regarding the provision of funds, for purposes of secret service expenditure, to the British Military
Mission at Meshed under General Malleson.
Mr. Secretary Montagu presumes that the Lords Commissioners will agree that expenditure such as
that contemplated in the Viceroy’s telegram, together with all other charges incurred by General
Malleson’s Mission or by the troops under his command, should be debited to Imperial revenues as part
of the extraordinary expenses of the war. But it appears to him open to question whether such charges
are properly recoverable from Army Funds, or whether application for the amounts expended should be
made through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs or direct to your Department. He would be
glad to learn Their Lordships’ wishes on this point.
Copies of this letter are being communicated to the Foreign Office and \\ ar Office.
I am, &c.,
The Secretary, Treasury. J. E. Shuckburuh.
Enclosure in above.
Telegram from Viceroy, Army Department, to Secretary of State for India, dated 3rd August 1918.
103811. We have authorised Malleson at his request to draw on Minister, Tehran, for such funds as
he may require for secret service expenditure. Such expenditure Avill be debited to War Office in war
accounts along with other charges of Malleson, and troops under him.
2 .—Treasury 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. .
Treasury Chambers,
gi r> 14th November 1918.
I have laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury Mi*. Shuckburgh’s letter of
the 14th Aug'ust last (P. 3354), respecting the incidence of cost of the Military Mission at Meshed.
Their Lordships’ authority has not been sought for this expenditure, the amount of which They
would be glad to learn, but They understand that, although the Mission is described as “Military,” its
activities are in the main political. The general policy of the Mission is summed up in a memorandum
by Sir H. Cox, dated the 23rd April last (E.C. 182) in these words :—
“ We should not only continue and increase our present efforts to block the routes through Persia
effectively, but we must make a determined attempt to organise resistance to an invading force from the
west, along the railway from the Caspian to the Afghan border, between now and next winter. This can
only be done by utilising any nucleus there may be in that part of the world which is inclined to stand
for" us and for law and order, and by supplying any such nucleus with money, arms, and possibly
instructors.”
In so far as the Mission aims at influencing or organising the population of a part of Persia,
expenditure thereon would seem properly to be divisible between Indian and Imperial funds in the same
way as the expenditure on the South Persia Rifles, and on subsidising the Persian Government, tribal
chieftains. &c., which likewise was occasioned by the existence of a state of war outside Persia.
My Lords trust that, on reconsideration of the nature of the Mission, the Secretary of State for
India in Council will accept this view, which is in accordance with the general principle that, in view of
the interest of India in Persian affairs, expenditure in that country, other than expenditure upon troops
from the Indian establishment employed there during the war, is divided equally between India and
Great Britain.
I am, Ac.,
The Under Secretary of State T. L. Heath
for India.
2a -—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. .
War Office,
gi r 15th January 1919.
I am commanded by the Army Council to i*efer to Treasury letter 31769 of the 14th November
last, a copy of which was forwarded to this Office, relative to the cost of the Military Mission at Meshed,
and to say that they would be glad to learn that the necessary instructions have been given to secure
that the oidy charges brought against Army funds in connection with this Mission shall be those in
connection with the troops actually engaged in military operations.
I am, Ac.,
The Under Secretary of State B. B. Cubitt.
for India.
3, —Telegram from Secretary of Strife to Viceroy, Army Department, dated 1 ( .Hh February 1919.
Yom telegram dated 3rd August, 10383. Please telegraph for information of Treasury as soon as
possible cost of Mission at Meshed.
4 -—Treasury 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. .
Treasury Chambers,
g{ r 22nd January 1919.
I am directed bv the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury to i*equest you to inform the
Secretary of State for India in CoTxncil that They have had before Them a copj* of telegram No. 430 of the
10th instant from the Indian Government with reference to General Malleson’s force in Transcaspia.
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This previously secret file, compiled by 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. , contains various papers relating to expenditure on the Malleson Mission and troops in East Persia between 1918 and 1921.

The file opens with a note about the contents of the file, and is followed by an 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. Political Department Memorandum and a memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Correspondence regarding expenditure is then included which dates from after the Chancellor's memorandum (November 1919) until January 1921.

There are two appendices. Appendix I contains correspondence on the subject which was exchanged prior to the Chancellor's memorandum. Appendix II provides copies of the main military and political telegrams which are referred to in the memoranda and the later correspondence regarding expenditure. At the end of the file is a copy of a separate telegram from the Viceroy, Army Department, to the Secretary of State for India dated August 1919 (folios 16-17).

The main correspondents throughout the file are 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. , the Treasury, the War Office (including the Secretary of State for War, Winston Churchill), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), and the Viceroy, Army Department.

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1 file (17 folios)
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The content of the main file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. The content of the appendices is also arranged in chronological order within each appendix.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 17; 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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