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File 4535/1928 Pt 10 ‘Persian Gulf: Anglo-Persian Negotiations 1928-30. Question of removal of Residency from Bushire.’ [‎17r] (29/460)

The record is made up of 1 item (228 folios). It was created in 16 Oct 1928-28 Nov 1929. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Minute Paper.
political Department.
It is very satisfactory that the Viceroy
should at last have given way. Before putting matters
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on an official basis, I suggest that we should do best
to inform the Foreign Office privately of our
acceptance in principle of the desirability of moving,
and endeavour to secure from them our '^isl desiderata:
(a) that Sir Robert Clive should be instructed,
as a condition of the move, to secure that the
Resident shall be free to visit the Consular posts on
the South Persian littoral;
(b) that Indian interests shall be fully
considered in any Consular reorganisation which may
take place. Departmental suggestions as to the
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method in which this might be done are given in
paragraph 6 of the Secretary of State’s private letter
to the Viceroy of the 22nd August. But the Government
of India are not yet prepared to commit themselves to
any positive scheme, and we must therefore approach
the Foreign Office in rather general terms. It may,
however, be mentioned that Colonel Biscoe has
expressed a strong view in favour of the maintenance
of Indian Politicals in all the Consular posts along
the Persian littoral, not only because of Indian
interests there, but because officers of the Political
Department will, in his view, be very much easier for
the Resident to handle, and will work in much better
with that officer, than members of the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Service,
(c) that the incumbents of the Consular posts on
the Persian littoral, while administratively under
the general control of a Consulate-General in Persia,
shall be responsible for sending intelligence reports
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This part contains papers relating to the question of whether the British Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire should be removed from Persian [Iranian] territory, and whether the functions of 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. should be separated from those of the Consul-General at Bushire. These questions were under discussion by 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 includes papers concerning the following issues: the view of the former 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. Sir Frederick William Johnston, and HM Minister at Tehran, that conditions at Bushire were unsatisfactory and that the Persian Government would create difficulties for the Resident if the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. remained at Bushire; the possibility of the removal of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. serving as a useful bargaining counter for the British Government in the treaty negotiations which were taking place with the Persian Government; the possibility of 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. being transferred to Basra, Karachi, Bahrein [Bahrain] or Koweit [Kuwait]; and objections of the Government of India to the removal of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. from Bushire. 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. Political Department minute papers, internal 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. correspondence, and the following documents:

The main correspondents are as follows: 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; 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, Tehran; the Colonial Office; and the Foreign Office.

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