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File 1093/1915 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Proposed revival of British Consulate at Basra. Portuguese interests in Iraq’ [232r] (317/334)
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156^Sc Your telesram of the 30tttiOctober *4205
Irevor* who was consulted* telegraph* as YollowSc Begins
I presume Consular appointment at Basra is esiced lor more
with an eye to possible ruture requirements than for present
needs* and that work there Is very littlej, only entailing
occasional visits, if this is correct* I think Consular
Officer at iiohammereh could undertake the work* but I do not
think that Lincoln could do it 8 in addition to his other
duties’ he is overworked as it is 0 with Consular, medical and
qu Mtine worko It would* in ny oplnion n be necessary to
a appoint a permanent Vice-Consul at tohaianerah* giving him
1 “ 1 C ' J Consul at Mohemmerah* Basra* end to alAow
Lincoln to retain his old appointment of British Vice-Consul
at Mohattmeratv 60 that he could carry on while Consul
<? is, omitted) way at Basra, If convenient, matter
efeculd be held^ending deciaion as regards future status
cf the Monaximer^h Consulate, where arrangements are provisional
up to Uarch lst 0 lS 23 ' vigfi. your telegram of the 22nd
35*7 September* 3698c We cannot predict peraanent arrangements after
thet date, pending decisiono
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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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