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File 1093/1915 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Proposed revival of British Consulate at Basra. Portuguese interests in Iraq’ [141r] (133/334)
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5.
S’.4536.
British trade as a whole. There seems to he no reason
why India should contribute, any more than the Dominions,
to the upkeep of such consulates.
In connexion with the principle of direct Indian
representation for which the Government of India express
a preference in the last paragraph of their telegram, the
attached papers (I0.1032/22) may be of some interest.
The Foreign Office would perhaps object to such direct
representation in a foreign country except by an officer
subordinate (like the Vice Consul at Jeddah) to the
Foreign Office representative or by some one like an
Agent under paragraph 7 of the Emigration Act who would not
have access to the Government of the country inwhich he
was stationed except through the Foreign Office representative.
The functions of the Agents under the Emigration Act are
to protect Indian Emigrants and are not otherwise commercial.
(Sd.) J.C. Walton.
2.9.1924.
I agree generally with Mr.Walton, but it seems
desirable to address the Foreign Office on the lines of
the Government of India telegram of 13th August, leaving
them to find the answer to it. If the Government of India
persist in their present attitude, it will, I imagine,
be thought good policy to give in to them.
(Sd.) E.J. Turner.
Ycf.X' t f 4 l y
Secretary, Political Department.
In view of the extent and importance of the Indian
interests involved there seems to me to be difficulty in
refusing to share the cost of the proposed consulate at
Basra. If the consulate were one already in existence
towards
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Correspondence and other papers concerning the proposed re-appointment of a British Consul at Basra, and how the new post should be funded. Subjects covered include: whether the Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] could also be appointed Consul at Basra (the two places being in close geographical proximity); the High Commissioner for Iraq’s (Henry Robert Conway Dobbs) argument that a full-time Consul is required for the post; discussion between officials from the Government of India and the Foreign Office about who should fund the new appointment; assessments of the importance of British trade in Mesopotamia, including tables of statistical data outlining diplomatic and consular expenditure in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and trade between India and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. ; the Government of India’s refusal to contribute to the cost of the Basra Consulate; the transfer of land and property associated with Basra consulate from the Government of India to HM’s Office of Works; a further report written by Dobbs, dated 1928, arguing for the appointment of a British Consul at Basra, enclosing a memorandum written by Charles Wills of the Mesopotamia-Persia Corporation Limited.
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