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File 1093/1915 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Proposed revival of British Consulate at Basra. Portuguese interests in Iraq’ [144r] (139/334)
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Government of India no doubt recognize, than if she
were to share the cost of a Foreign Office consul.
I suppose the views of the Government of India
must be laid before the F 0 reign Office, but the
telegram is not a very convincing document, and I
assume that its proposals would be restated by the
Secretary of State in Council.
The question of India’s contribution towards
diplomatic and consular expenditure in China had better
I think, be treated separately from that of the proposed
consulate at Basra, The Government of India argue
in effect that India has little or no interest now-
in the diplomatic and consular establishments in China,
but they do not take this line in regard to the Basra
appointment. If you agree that the cases should be
treated separately you will perhaps think it desirable
to ask the Department of Economics and Industry to
examine the arguments of the Government of India in
regard to our trade with China, and to let me see the
papers again, with an expression of your own views as
to the political questions involvod.
I am sorry that my reply to your reference has
been delayed by urgent work in connection with the
V/ar Office.
( s d. ) W.Robinson.
13th November, 1924.
The file regarding the Indian Contribution to
Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in China will be
submitted separately; it was referred along with the
present one because of the similarity in the standpoint
taken by the Government of India. A copy of their
despatch on the China expenditure is placed on this
file
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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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- 75r:102v, 109r:200v, 200ar:200av, 201r:217v, 221r:240v
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