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File 4535/1928 Pt 8 ‘ – PERSIAN GULF – QUESTION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTORATES OVER KOWEIT, BAHREIN, MUSCAT, TRUCIAL COAST.’ [57r] (107/194)
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
SECRET.
P.G. 9. Copy No.
COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Sub-Committee.
Telegraphic Correspondence between the Secretary of State for India
and the Government of India.
(P. 3037.) Telegram from Secretary of State to Viceroy, dated loth June 1928.
1608. Foreign and Political Department. Negotiations with Persia will be-
resumed in autumn when question of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
will come up for consideration. I
shall be glad to receive at earliest possible moment your considered recommendations
on various questions which Persians are likely to raise as also on desiderata of
Government of India in
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
area and your views on most suitable method
of securing them.
(P. 3880.) Telegram from Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department, to Secretary
of State, dated 'lord July 1928.
1426 S. Your telegram No. 1668, dated 15th June. Since
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
policy
was reviewed by Lord Curzon’s Government in various despatches and telegrams
between 1899 and 1901, problem has undergone radical change. Our long-standing
supremacy in Gulf seemed then in danger of challenge from two directions
(1) at the head of Gulf by Germany in guise of railway promoter and protector
of a gradually weakening Turkey ;
(2) more immediately in South Persia and along Persian seaboard by Russia’s
apparent^ inevitable advance, on imminent dissolution of Persia.
2. To-day, Turkey (and with Turkey, Germany) is eliminated from problem. Her
place is taken partly by an Iraq under our mandate, partly by a friendly Bin Saud
who is obviously sensible of the importance of our goodwill for the well-being of his
enlarged kingdom, and our position on Arab littoral generally is consolidated. And,
so far from Persia offering Russia an easy line of advance, it is Persia’s success in
emancipating herself under impetus of nationalism from foreign influence that is
immediate cause of our having to take stock of our position in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
anew.
3. These considerations suggest conclusion that, given a continuance of existing
political conditions in Iraq, Nejd and Persia, the problem of maintaining our
supremacy in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
vis-d-vis Russia and other European Powers is primd
facie simpler than it was a quarter of a century ago.
4. On the other hand, new developments have introduced at least three new
responsibilities :—
(1) our South Persia oil fields;
(2) our mandate in Iraq ;
(3) our strategic air route along Arab littoral.
Thus, whereas in 1904
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
was a cul-de-sac leading nowhere beyond
itself, it is now a triple line of Imperial communication, vital in respect of oil fields
and of high importance in respect of air service and Iraq. Hence, if our supremacy
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
was important for security of India and Imperial interests in
1904, it is even more important now, especially imperially.
5. In 1904 British supremacy in the last analysis consisted in denial of a naval
base or fortified port in these waters to any foreign Power, and this was crystallised
as a principle of high Imperial policy in the Lansdowne Declaration of 1903. Clearly
such denial must remain a cardinal feature of our policy to-day, and modern
conditions would seem to demand its extension also to a foreign military air base
within striking distance of our Gulf communications.
2958
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This part contains papers relating to the question of whether Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain], Muscat, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Sheikdoms should become formal British protectorates, including the views on this question of the following: 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. ; HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Robert Clive); the Government of India; the Colonial Office; the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
This part also includes papers relating to the question of the terms of a draft article for inclusion in a treaty with Persia [Iran] regarding the status of Bahrain.
The papers include correspondence, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. memoranda, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department minute papers, and Committee of Imperial Defence Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee papers.
The main correspondents are the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, and 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth).
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