Coll 29/111 'Bushire: provision of transport for tours of Political Resident' [‎134r] (267/649)

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Vessel for 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.
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It will be remerabered that we had been hoping to obtain
through the AcLniralty a yacht called the * Naz-Perwer*.
The Admiralty, however, recently informed us that she had
been taken over by the King of Egypt and was no longer available.
In his letter of 22nd September below. Admiral. Servaes now
offers the ’EVADNE 1 .
I have spoken to the Ministry of War Transport and
gather that they will be quite prepared to sell her to the '
Government of India, When they took her over they informed
the original owner that they would give him first refusal in
the event of re-sale. They do not, however, think that this
will cause ary great difficulty. They would prefer to sell
the vessel outright to the Goverrment of India rather than
hire her. On the whole she appears to be quite a suitable
vessel, if her service with the Royal Navy has not altered
her original condition too much o'*the worse, though she is
perhaps somewhat on the small side. It so happens that
Colonel Galloway is just leaving for Muscat, via Egypt, and
it has occurred to me that it would be useful to take the
opportunity of letting him have a look at the'Evadne’ on his
way through. I have spoken to him and he is quite ready to
do this, and says that he knows all about the Political
Resident*s requirements and in fact once inspected the
'Nearchus* on his behalf.
A draft reply to Admiral Servaes and a telegram to the
Government of India are submitted.
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