File 3443/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Afghanistan and Persia; German agents; British troops in East Persia' [‎52r] (114/345)

, lC , n f nn the sabiect to the other members of the expedition. Wmckel-
St X own idea is that it was intended to establish Consulates m Afghanistan,
i n-nrss that were taken there were meant as presents.
and The! information is that there are about two thousand of o ” troops
,^:.i line o. un s distributed between Eobat and Birjand. Details as to
T lth wHon are not known. Information about us was brought to them by
disinbutio T)pmocratic narty Not much attention has been paid by the
STi l Sia?"™ »£ »»*• being through T^W-IWduri
Herat. —Xhere are no Bakhtiaris with the Germans. They are
QuestlOll l ! reaching Tehran, ousting the present
fighting independently wnn^t } ^ E - The Bakhtiaris asked
^e^Germans for nmney and weapons, but the German Government refused
them nSnn a ( , /eT-Winokelmann does not know whether there are any
Question W v ii ne It is not a direct Ime from Yazd to
Tabbas^ T ^^g ^owed by their convoys. Seiler’s expedition is the
remainder of the Afghanistan expedition, and as far as TV mckelmann knows
tto ”o “toW —Zugmeyer li»> relation, with sorer.l ohiel. of Pmian Balu-
ohi.tMi but Winckeinoann - b.o. who thg. ^ ^
“r!” t KtS ,‘5;^nraiitr.
^raSrSe^‘Sorared^tiuedforthe Oo» ra l»i» which
w^T^^cei™t‘trrS£r£ “se
!SnSht e d whXp a robably communicates with the wireless stations m
Persia! Winckelmann is ignorant of recent events m Mesopotamia.
Taken down by me.
W. H. McGOWAN, Major, B.A.
Si stan ;
$th February 1916.
i
B. W. WAHL,
2nd Lt. f !• d.- 0 >
Interpreter,
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Telegram P./dated the 8th March 1916.
From-The Secretary to the Government o£ India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—The Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan.
On the 6th instant the following telegram was received from his Britannic
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No 9-E. ^ ^ *
* “It - reported Bohnstorff.”
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Telegram P., No. 128-F., dated the 7th (received 8th) March 1916.
From-His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
Your telegram 6T. , , . , , • v p
Is there any likelihood of sum wanted being o i am .