File 3122/1921 Pt 1 'Persia: Quarantine arrangements' [‎561r] (1117/1174)

Itafi© i#* oposala to bo unexooption : .bXo. 35ut the
ieulty ifi ho'< v the oueetion of intro duo then, should bo
apiroaohed. !klxe Chief ^uar.-uitino t: Officer i® ready to
outelt thm to the Oanitory Council in Tehran, but there io a
ris.i. # co 4,i,y ziiiii. t thut i* ho aoos no* that Oou?ocil rx-y cloct tc
or-i,^ u return to the old syote?i prcvm.ilins before the wax* the
many inoonveniencos ©f which '/oiad be f r greater nr^a-dayc
^ith the iJicre e#d traffic up and down the Culf* (,n the other
Hand, if the Chief quarantine :edioal Officer introduces hie
limited quarantine control without consulting the ftmit^ry
Council, that bcaly my, if it is a live body, t-^ 0 wte^xo at
the action of the Chief Quarantine : ^dicril Officer when it gets
to hc^r of it, as it is c rt in to do very quickly* t possible
eo^pi’omioe wonld be for him to introduce the err -.n y.,amt he has
BUggeeted* r'?r@ly inforniiig; the'
co-urtosy - that he lias done no*
Bverythine depends on whether the danitary Council is
really functioning at present; end* if m $ wh. thcr ita attitude
is likely to b-- obfdsructivo and reactionary ox* otherwise. I
understand tliat the negation ‘)octoir used to be a member of the
Council* p-srh&pe ho still is* It eo t he rniyht be able to adviej
you u4i to what coir 30 of action would be moat likely to achieve- j
our purpose with the minimisa of disturbance* it would bo beat
ol oovr ©e for the Chief mar anting 'Radical iff leer to put up
his proposals in duo form to the Council* but 1 hesitate to
roc omen:i him to do . o till i have put the po^aibilitie*© of such:
aotion, as X view them, before you* I think that sonethin;;;
should be done $ but would regard as most unfortunate any
decision to revert to pre-war conditions*
As it seems advisable that the position should be
regularised as noon u$ possible* I should be fateful if you
would tele^r iph my your opinion as to whether it is preferable
that /
Council - ■■■ ,;n act of official