ملف ٣٤٤٣/١٩١٤ الجزء ٢ "الحرب الألمانية: المبعوثون الألمان إلى أفغانستان" [و‎‎٩‎٦] (٤٩٠/٢٠٠)

In the bank at Birjand there is only sufficient cash to defray for three
months the ordinary expenses of the Consulate.
In Sistan the Sistan bank are just paying out for military requirements
two hundred thousand Krans which is all their cash. Ordinarily the Manager
receives from Revenue and Customs Department 150 thousand Krans monthly.
Now-a-days Customs receipts are low and Manager cannot buy my drafts on
Tehran, if money is retained by finance agent or if revenue collecting is
checked.
I have been informed by the Birjmd Manager that in the Persian Gulf
branches there is surplus stock and he suggests that specie be immediately
brought rid Karachi and Nushki to Sistan. Sistan Manager reports that at
present he can sell plenty of drafts on India up to Rs. 20,000 per mensem,
provided that the Persian authorities’ rate is higher than 385 Krans per
Rs. 100. Present rate of bank is 415 Krans. I hope that these suggestions
will be considered by His Majesty’s Minister in consultation with the Director
of Bank and that Government of India will allow me to sell to the Manager,
Sistan and Birjand, at Rs. 100 per 380 Krans treasury supply bills. I consider
that some specie should also be imported, as it is not safe if the condition of
the country becomes more unsettled to rely on local merchants buying drafts.
Addressed to Tehran, 71; repeated to Baluchistan, Meshed.
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Telegram P., No. 177 C., dated (and received) the 6th August 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Sistan,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Noon of August 4th four British officers, four Native officers and 284
rank and file reached Sistan. All well. No hitch. Sent to His Britannic j
Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 75.
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Teleo-ram P., No. 68 C., dated (and received) the 6th August 1915.
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From—His Britannic Maiesty's Consul-General, Meshed,
q' 0 The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla,.
Half of first Regiment of Russian Semerechia Cossacks left yesterday
morning and the other half under Colonel Guschen left this morning for
Turbatd-Haidari (?).
Addressed to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran ; repeated to Agent
to the Governor-General in Baluchistan and His Britannic Majesty s Consul,
Birjand.
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Telegram P., No. 95, dated (and received) the 6th August 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment (repeated to Petrograd and Meshed).
Kindly refer to your telegram 70.
It is probable that the misbehaviour of the Cossacks is exaggerated to a
great extent, but it is most essential in any case not to encourage Persians to
believe that we are prepared to listen to all their complaints against the
Russians and to investigate them. You should point out to Governor in reply