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Sir A. Nicotson to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received January 26, 3’10 p.m.)
(N°. 32.) St. Petersburgh, January 26, 1909, 1 p.m.
PljRbiAN telegraphs. Your despatches Nos. 16 and 28 [of 13th and 20th
January respectively].
I communicated Memorandum to Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, giving
substance of above despatches. Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me
yesterday verbally that the Russian Government agreed with all our proposals, and
that he would let me have a written reply in a day or two. They would like, however,
that in regard to conditions concerning control over the Arabistan lines the ’ employes
should not be limited to British and Persian nationality, but that Russians might be
employed also as signallers if future development of Russian trade in the south might
render such employment desirable. I hope that this will be conceded. I doubt if
advantage is likely to be taken of the permission for some time to come, and I think
that it is only desired as a compliment. They would also like negotiations as to
exchange of telegraph lines to be kept distinct from the others. This I think is also
your view. They wish that all these telegraph arrangements should now be
hastened on.