"ملف رقم II/٩ مذكرات معلومات من إدارة الخارجية بخصوص شؤون الخليج الفارسي ومسقط والساحل العربي من الخليج الفارسي. نوفمبر "٠٧ - ديسمبر "٠٨" [و‎‎١‎٢] (١٣٢/٢٥)

produced on the traffic when the steari-launches which
the Of. of I. were now building for the Persian Govt
werein connision, but the„ doubted whether these boats
would be really enplo^ed to keep a sufficiently
constant w T atch on the coast to prevent snuggling .
The G. of I. we re therefore , forced to the conclusdm
that the ams trade would continue to flourish & in
crease until the Agreenent with the French which the„
had advocated wets arrived at , & a conplete prohi
bition was enforced against the importation of arms
& arum: into the territories of the Sultan of Jaskat.
The w realised that H.I.I.G.had considered it advisable
to defer making an, request to the French Govt:
pending the settlement of the negotiationdarising out
of the arbitrationHague award . As , hov;ever, consid**
erableconcessions had been made & it now seems
probable that the negotiations would result in an
arrangement which would be satisfactory to the French
Govt: , they entertained a hope that H.LI.G. would
regard the present moment as propitious for action
in the matter of the ams trade.If so the /G.of I.
would venture to suggest that in approaching the
French Govt: the nature of the evils & therr far-
reaching consequences , arising from thetraffic might
be explained , as the v are probably not fully known
except to thecountries which suffer . It might be
pointed out that Fritish trade would stand to lose y{
more than even French by the introduction of the ref
orm proposed , as the more than half the traffic
was still in English hands.
Text , with regard to the proposed negotiations
w r ith the Turkish Govt:, which , however , the G.of I.
regarded as of secondary importance , & which should
certainly not be allowed to delay action on what they
regarded as the vital question of stopping the trade
at Easkat , they would draw attention to the fact
that/neasures concerted with the Tur 1 :s'FvFthF~^ > TV D