مجموعة ٣٥/١٥ "الخليج الفارسي: البحرين؛ مسألة طوابع البريد" [و‎‎٣‎٨] (٣٧٩/٧٤)

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fpos London to Bandar Afcfc&s via Bahrein. Have tnex-e
been any auch changes, or «ns the director General
perhaps trying to draw a red herring acroas tne trade
owing to his Inability to prodace a convincing answer
on the subject of parcels ?
(Hi) It is not clear froa paragraph 6 of your express
letter under reference what the position of '’ordinary
intemationfU ^aila, including registered mails'* has
been in the pfiat. In the first place, does ''inter
national mails’ in this context wean simply wails which
are International because they pass between two separate
coontrieo, namely, Iran ana Bahrein ? Aza I to on-er
st and that letters, whether registered or not, cannot
be exchanged direct between Iran and Bahrein, but must
travel via indie aniens I give an opinion in favour of
direct exchange ? vhat has been the practice hitherto ?
(iv) Ho* art^s accounts settled between the oovenusent of
India and the Iranian Govemiaent for the convoysnea of
isailB, terminal BfeMgSi# ?tc. ^ i Imagine that each has
a clniis against the other, mx<X that whichever owes the
other most eventually resits a draft for the balance,
la the Government of India in a position, under whatever
arrangements exist for the settling of accounts, to
recover the 14*7b gold franca due for 1936 in spite of
the objections of the Iranian Government 7 But even if
the*** were a balance in favour of the Iranian Government,
which would be necessary to enable such action to be
taken, it may be contrary to the terms of the areel ;o»t
Convention of Cairo for disputed charges to be levied
without reference to the central authority in Gwitnorland.