ملف ٣٤٤٣/١٩١٤ الجزء ٢ "الحرب الألمانية: المبعوثون الألمان إلى أفغانستان" [و‎‎٧‎٢] (٤٩٠/١٥٢)

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Telegram P., No. S. 864, dated the 23rd August 1915.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—-The Political Agent, Khybcr (repeated to the Hon’ble the Chief Commissioner
and Agent to the Governor-General in the North-West Frontier Province).
Clear the line. Following urgent letter from His Excellency the Viceroy
to His Majesty the Amir of Afghanistan should be transmitted without
delay:— Begins. After compliments .—I write to inform Your Majesty, in
continuation of my letter No. 16, dated 30th July, regarding the movement of
German parties in East Persia, that it is reported by the British Consul at
Sistan by telegraph that one such party, to the number of about 70 persons,
which includes six Germans, travelling swiftly, has passed Your Majesty’s
western frontier at Chah Rig and has efiected an entry into Afghanistan. I
send this brief intimation urgently, as the matter is of grave concern to Your
Majesty, but I am also sending by ordinary post fuller details, in a letter in
which receipt of Your Majesty’s very friendly letter on this subject, dated
31st July, is acknowledged. Signed Hardinge. Usual ending. £nds.
No. 18 P.-O.—A., dated the 25th August 1915.
(Persian translation of above message bearing the signature of His
Excellency Lord Hardinge.)
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F. & P, Dept. Press No. 1571-^26-8-19—1-