Coll 29/111 'Bushire: provision of transport for tours of Political Resident' [‎238r] (478/649)

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Provisiop of a vessel for the tours of
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. .
Please see the submission at EXT.3859/43• We there informed
the Covernnent of India that the best we could do was to arrange
for the Jam / ]Nagar* a ship under the control of the Ministry of
War Transport* to be available for the Resident's tours when
required, as soon as the repairs which she was then undergoing
had been completed. The Government of India now telegraph
(telegram No•8570 ot 9th October below) saying that the Jam^Hagar
is totally unsuitable for the Resident's requirements, and
pressing most strongly their original suggestion for the transfer
to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division of a ship of 750-1000 tons, to be
available at brief notice for the Resident's purposes when required.
They add, however, that if the Nearchus were relieved of the
responsibility for the additionaltrttpyages (which was one of the
reasons that the Basra Port Directorate gave in inrorming 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. that it would be no longer available for his
tours), a partial solution of the problem would be achieved#
It seems very difficult to go back to the Admiralty (who
will almost certainly continue to resist the proposal to transfer
a vessel to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division), without making quite sure
that the Ministry of War Transport can suggest no alternative
solution. A draft letter to the Ministry of War Transport on
these lines is therefore submitted •