"الملف 73/7 III (D 24) وضع الكويت، والمفاوضات الأنجلو-التركية" [ظ‎د‎‎١] (٧٠٩/١٠)

d'Affaires at Constantinople commenting on the draft convention for the establish
ment of a Shatt^el-Arab navigation commission.
T am to request that Sir E. Grey may be furnished with the observations of
the Marquess of Crfewe on the draft, which is transmitted herewith, of the reply
which he proposes to*.send to His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople.
I am,
Sir,
The Under Secretary of Sta
India Office.
Draft Despatch
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
LOUIS MILLET.
Lowther.
Foreign Office,
November 1912.
Sm,
I have received and read with interest Mr. Marling's despatch No. 770 of Sep-
tember 11th in which he submits certain observations on Articles 16 of the draft
convention for the establishment of a ShaStt^el-Arab navigation commission, and
on paragraph 5 of a letter which, by direction. Sir L. Mallet addressed to the
Under Secretary of State for India on August 21st.
I think that Mr. Marling is under some misconception as to the object which
His Majesty's Government have ii> view ; they\aye no desire to veto communica
tion between the local authorities and the Comnoission *, on the contrary, they are
persuaded that such communication must, in practice, prove indispensable, but
they attach great importance to securing to the Commission the right to corres
pond direct with the Central authorities, and they consider that it is essential to
the success of the Commission that it should not be dependent on the decisions of,
or hampered by the obstrvictions of, arbitrary local offibials.
I request that Youjf Excellency will bring this despatch to the notice of Mr.
Marling on his return to his post.
{Received on 16th December 1912, with Political Secretary's
November 1912).
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r No. 48, dated 29th
India Ofbjce, Whitehall,
London, S. W.,
23rd November 1912.
P.-4459.
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to acknowledge the receipt
of vour letter No. 38755, dated the 19th instant, and in reply to sai that he con
curs in the terms of the despatch, which it is proposed to send to His Majesty's Am
bassador, Constantinople, regarding the relations that should subsist between the
proposed' Riverain Commission on the Shatt-el-Arab and the local Turkish autho
rities.
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I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
T. W. HOLDERNESS.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
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