"ملف W/4 العداءات في بلاد فارس: حصار تانجستان، مصادرة شاي مورد إلى تانجستان" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٧] (٤١١/٣٨٧)

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very oaroful abput huvinpr any ilroct dealln^a with NaVhu^aa
exoept thoao auppllad with paaaaa and that Inatead, Inter-
me'iiariaa will tal e up the illlolt trade^ either more apenta
of the raerohanta, or amugprlera in a amall way on their own
aooount• They will be nahreinla and other looal neraona who
will purohaae or pretend to have purohaaed, from looal
merohanta aa if for their own needa. And then quietly amup?-
gle the goo r1 l3 by night into dhowa waiting perhapa aome way
out at aea*
It also aeeraa to rae poaaible that gooda may be oonaigned
from here to the adjaoent Arabian Goaat - and be amuggled
over from there-
Attempta of thla aort will be difficult to deal with here
in the entire abaenoe of any adequate preventive eatabliah-
ment.
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I auggeat for your oonaideration whether it would not be
benifioial to depute here a amart Sub-Inapeotor of Police
and 3 or 4 oonatablea to watoh mattera and obtain early and
aoourate information.
I do not think that the ^'hall^h oould have any reaaonable
objection if thia were done*
rhe poaition would be the aame aa at ^aakat where police are
atill maintained in connection with the arma traffic - a
trade which haa many proved pointa of aimilarity with that
which we are at preaent diacuaaing#
Juat now in the abaenoe of our preventive or detective ataff,
we are dependent for our information regarding aeoret awug-
gling on looal informera and the Shaikh*a offioiala. Roth
are aourcea inaufficiently dependable in view of the im-
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portanoe of the reault aoucrht to be obtained#