'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [‎40v] (80/178)

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Kbaf-Seistan line, had been repaired as usual.
M. Sabline said that he believed it was the
case that the Khaf-Nasratabad line bad not
been repaired, and promised to inform the res
ponsible authorities at Tiflis that Sir G.
Barclay bad drawn bis attention to the omis
sion.
10. {Vide paragraph 6 of the Memo-
Arms traffic in the randum for March
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 19 09.) Reports
received through the Director, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs, show that over one thousand rifles
were landed on the Mekran Coast during the
month ending the 15th April.
{Vide paragraph 17 of the Memorandum
for April 1908.) On the IGth April, the
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. was
instructed to make arrangements with the
Director, Indo-European Telegraphs, for the
deputation of a telegraphist to Bam to send
information regarding the arms traffic.
A large arms caravan with 700 Afghans
is said to have arrived at Nasratabad-Ispe on
the 23rd April and to have proceeded in the
direction of Neh.
11. On the 21st February, Sir A. Nicolson
Arabistan telegraph addressed to the Russ.an
lines- Ministry for Foreign
Affairs an aide-memoire, communicating the
opinion cf His Majesty’s Government as
regards the conclusion of a secret agreement
to provide for the employment of Russian
signallers on the Arabistan line {ride para
graph 7 of the emorandum for March
1909 ); and stating that, with regard to
the Tehran-Khanikin line, it appeared
to His Majesty’s Government that the
exchange of the Memoranda of the 10th
(23rd) June and 11th (24th) August 1907
constituted a sufficient record of the agreement
arrived at between the British and Russian
Governments, and that, should any further
agreement be necessary, it would be preferable
that it should be deferred until the consent of
the Persian Government had been obtained to
the proposed arrangement in regard to the
Arabistan system. [ l n the M emoranda referred
to above, the British Government had made,
and the Russian Government had accepted in
principle, the proposition that the Russian
Government should not object to the renewal
for 20 years of the concessions of the telegraph
lines from Tehran to Bushire, from Jask to
Gwadur, and of the Central Persian telegraph
line to Rohat, and in return the British Gov
ernment would surrender to the Russian Gov
ernment their rights over the Tehran-Khanikin
line {vide the two concluding clauses of
paragraph 8(4) of the Memorandum for
September 1907) ].
12. {Vide paragraph 9 of the Memo-
Karun irrigation con- randum for March
ce88ion - 1909.) As regards the