مجموعة ٢٩/٩٢ "بوشهر: تعيين وكيل وزير ونائب قنصل" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٧] (٤٢٧/٣٧٣)

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Mr > Walton,
Herewith a rough draft of a letter from
Sir Pindlater Stewart to Sir Alexander Cadogan which
we discussed this morning.
"Fowle, who as you know is Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf and who is
now in London on deputation in connection
with the making of a new treaty with the
Sultan of Muscat, has approached me as
follows. His staff at his headquarters
at Bushire consists of a Secretary, an
Under Secretary (officers from the Indian
Political Service) and a Vice Consul from
the P.0.Consular Service. The G.of I.,
owing to a shortage of officers, are unable
to replace his Under Secretary, who has
gone on leave after four consecutive hot
weathers either in India or the Gulf,
until the autumn and the F.O. have just
removed his Vice Consul to China. Powle
is therefore left with only one officer.
In vie?/ of the amount of work involved
and of the importance of the Gulf in
these days - as much from the P.0, point
of view as from that of the G.of I. or
the India Office - Powle considers that
the situation is an impossible one. It
necessitates the Secretary being left
single-handed with a volume of work
v/nich he should not be called upon to
pen orm. it ties this officer to
Bushire/