File 3816/1916 'Persia. As to allowing English ladies to proceed to Persia' [‎151r] (311/553)

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No. P.-5600, dated Bombay, the 25th July 1917.
Prom—J. E. C. Jukes, Esq., Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political
Department,
To—The Hon’ble Mr. A. H. Grant, C.S.I., C.I.E., Foreign Secretary to the Govern
ment of India m the Foreign and Political Department.
I am directed to forward to you a copy of a letter, dated the 19th instant, from
Captain Gr. E. Dodson, R.A.M.C., and to enquire whether the Government of
India have any objection to his returning to Kerman with his family.
I am to solicit a reply by telegraph if such can conveniently be given.
Enclosure.
Sir,
Colab a War Hospital,
19th July 1917.
I have the honour to bring to your notice the fact that having left Kerman
in South-East Persia on December 19th, 1915, when that town was evacuated
at the advice of the Indian Government, and having arrived in Bombay
on January 20th, 1916, since which I have held a temporary Commission in the
Boyal Army Medical Corps, I am desirous of returning to Persia this autumn,
after the termination of my Commission. With this in view and bearing in mind
the fact that the Indian Government brought me to Bombay 18 months back,
and the fact that during this period I have been in the service of the Government
of India, I am applying to the Embarkation Commandant for transport from
Karachi to Bunder Abbas and if possible to Kerman, for myself, wife and child
for whom I have obtained passports to Kerman. At the request of the Embarka
tion Commandant Brigadier-General St. John, I have been asked to obtain a
Written statement from you to the effect that the Government of India have no
objection to my returning to Persia, when on the receipt of this from you, he will
be willing to do what he can for me in the matter of transport.-
2. I might mention the fact that on the 25th and 26th of April last, I received
telegrams from Major Trevor, at Bushire, the first informing me of a Convoy
leaving Bunder Abbas for Kerman, the second stating that the Government of
India had no objection to my returning to Kerman, information unsought by me
at that time. These telegrams I have here at hand. I shall be much obliged if
you will, under these circumstances, supply the Embarkation Commandant with
a statement to the effect that the Government of India have no objection to
my leaving India for Kerman after the termination of my Commission next month
to enable him to help me in the matter of transport for return to Kerman this
autumn.
I have the honour, &c.,
G. E. DODSON, Captain,
R.A. M.C.
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Telegram R., No. 848, dated the 2nd August 1917.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment,
To—His.Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman.
^Repeated to Minister, Tehran).
Dodson wishes to return Kerman on impending termination of the Royal
Army Medical Corps Commission. Do local conditions safely permit of wife and
child accompanying him ?