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File 4535/1928 Pt 10 ‘Persian Gulf: Anglo-Persian Negotiations 1928-30. Question of removal of Residency from Bushire.’ [184v] (366/460)
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(1)—THE USE OF AIR POWER AND ITS BEARING UPON THE
QUESTION OF POLITICAL CONTROL IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
(Papers Nos. P.G. 2, 25 and 29.)
THE COMMITTEE resumed their consideration of the questions dealt with
in Papers Nos. P.G. 2, 25 and 29.
SIR HUGH TRENCHARD said that he proposed to deal with the subject
under two heads, first, the principles which governed the use of air power in
undeveloped countries; and, secondly, the possibility of eliminating some of the
numerous Authorities at present involved in the political control of Arabia. The Air
Ministry regarded the settlement of these questions as of the first importance, for
several reasons. In the first place, the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Committee itself had recorded
the following conclusions (C.I.D. Paper No. 169-B, paragraph 114 (c) and (d )):—
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“ We should press on with the measures required to establish and secure our
strategic and civil air routes along the shores of the Gulf.”
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“ On the Arabian side of the Gulf every possible effort should be made by
political means to prepare the way for the development of the air route.
Wherever the conditions are favourable, early steps should be taken to secure
the necessary aerodromes and facilities, and, if necessary, financial consideration
should be given to the Chiefs concerned for this purpose.”
The establishment of an air route was a very long process; and our present
agreement with Persia in regard to the civil air route was limited to three years.
It would take all that time to get the strategic air route along the Arabian shore
firmly established.
But there was a second, and more pressing, reason for the Air Ministry’s
anxiety. He (Sir Hugh Trenchard) had explained at the last meeting of the
Committee (P.G. Minutes, 8th Meeting) that, throughout the Middle East, our air
forces were working with a very small margin of safety—or rather with no margin
at all. Up to the present we had been very lucky, but, on occasions, we had been
within measurable distance of having, if not a disaster, at any rate a set-back, which
might have had important reactions throughout the Middle East. An example of
the slenderness of the resources on which we at present depended was given in the
Air Staff Memorandum on the use of air power as illustrated by the present
operations in Arabia (Enclosure to P.G. 2, Section 6, last sub-paragraph), in which
it was shown that the recent air operations at Aden had cost a little over £5,000, as
against the £6-10,000,000 which would have been incurred if it had been necessary
to send a military expedition of the dimensions estimated by the Chiefs of Staff
Sub-Committee. .
These figures were an example not only of the economies derived from the
employment of air power, but also of the extreme slenderness of the forces now being
maintained. Such immense reductions were dangerous in the extreme, unless those
conditions which are essential to the effective employment of air forces are secured.
In regard to the principles governing the use of air power in undeveloped
countries, Sir Hugh Trenchard said that he did not think that there was any
substantial disagreement with the Air Staff’s paper on this subject (Appendix to the
Minutes of the 8th Meeting). If, however, any member of the Committee wished to
raise any questions in connection with it, he hoped that he would be allowed an
opportunity of making the necessary explanations. In that connection, it was to be
remembered that the principles enunciated were intended only as broad general
principles, which might occasionally have to be modified or even broken.
Continuing, he said that the situation in Arabia at the present time was ]us
as dangerous as it had been when this subject was last considered by the ommi ee.
Since last December there had been no less than six desert raids on the Iraq tribes;
and the following incident was illustrative of the sort of difficulty with which t
Air Ministry were confronted under existing arrangements. In December im ,
there was a serious raid on the Iraq-Nejd frontier; but the raiders P|“ e d ^
a few miles over our border, with the result that we were unable to deal t J
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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:
- A memorandum by the Secretary of State for India entitled ‘Question of separation of 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. and those of the Consul-General, Bushire, and 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. from Persian soil’, dated 7 December 1928
- Draft minutes of the meeting on 15 May 1929 of the Sub-Committee on Political Control of 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
- Draft minutes of the meeting of 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 of 18 March 1929.
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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