File 4535/1928 Pt 11 ‘Persia: Anglo-Persian Negotiations 1928-9. Policy of H. M. G.’ [‎110r] (19/378)

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Under Secretary of
Papers to tie circulated to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Sub-Committee.
1. In continuation of my Note of 11th
October at E below regarding the circulation to the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee of the Supplementary
Peporus received on questions of interest to the
Committee from the Government of India, I now submit
for consideration the following telegrams!-
(a) Viceroy’s telegram of 13th October 2068-S.
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Wireless Stations.
(b) Viceroy’s telegram of 15th October 2084-S.
Question of substituting for our veiled protectorates
in the Gulf regular treaties of protection.
(c) Telegraphic correspondence between the
Government of India 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. ,
relative to the establishment in Bahrein of a
Persian Agent.
2. I submit that authority may be given
for the circulation of all these papers, subject, for the
reasons set out in the following paragraphs, to the
inclusion in the covering memorandum by the Secretary
of state, of reservations on the lines suggested in
the draft now submitted.
3. The first telegram calls for no special
comment and adds little to 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. memorandum
on pages 126-128 of PG.13.
4. The second telegram is of considerable
importance. Briefly the Department would suggest that
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