ملف ٣٤٤٣/١٩١٤ الجزء ٢ "الحرب الألمانية: المبعوثون الألمان إلى أفغانستان" [و‎أ‎‎٤‎٣] (٤٩٠/٩٣)

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Secret Department.
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From Viceroy, 29t/i July 1915.
(Repeated as Ao. 744 S.)
Foreign Secret. German agents in Persia. Reference to your telegram
of the 27tli July. Orders have been issued to Consul-Oenera , r > >
stop recruiting' there. In view of
that party of four Germans with piobabh ■ ,. . . Governor- that
reached Kain and been received as guests by ^^Xlr’ncting
German in command claims to be ( onsu , ia ’ , , tribal agency
raising of local force by our Consul and A e dWRifles
is not likely to be effective decided to espatoh a ^
and two machine guns from Robot to iNasratabad o b e ioiloueU s
reinforcement of 234 cavalry and '".’d 1 "' 1 ' '"i ve 7 lt establishment of
this force is sufficient to overawe ^ lst f Rl ,„ l , e ,7 f „ encP l ulve always
German intrigue m district where om in ^ l " \ ‘ e or i ess synchronise
been predominant. Moreover, this movement will niore^o, ms is
with action authorised at Bushin mi j s j lon l ( j | ie further
expected on 5th August and a ba « a! '"” ™; ‘ While aj.pre-
earnest of our serious intentions to 1 e,slR “. ^ S" , r te legram of the
elating risk of exciting hostile situation n consider risk
25th July) we now on * . l7hoS 'do not aniicipate serious
small and worth taking, and ‘ ^ , „ (liecke( l i„ Seistan would lead to
danger to force. Armed « ^ ; ^ ( ^X tm . llin e„t at Robat, and would
widespread intrigue that nu.^ T| p;l ,. t ies avoid Seistan and mean
certainly disturb whole b ^? r . all ] 1 we nor Russians can now [ V ]
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