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Telegram P., No. S. 720, dated the 24th July 1915.
^De^rtmt't!slml^ Go ~ nt o£ India 'he Foreign and Political
To- The Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in
Baluchistan, Quetta (repeated to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister,
Please refer to vour telegram, dated 21st July 1915, No. 666 C. Orders are
being despatched to Quetta Arsenal for issue of 100 magazine rifles with 100
rounds per rifle without delay. These arms will be issued on understanding
that as soon as present crisis is over they are to be returned.
Your proposals in connection with tribal arrangements and postings of
officers are approved by the Government of India. Despatch of troop°s to
Gwadar is out of the question at present. 1
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Telegram P., No. S. 721, dated the 24th July 1915.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General and Agent to the Government of
India in Khorasan, Meshed (repeated to His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
Tehran).
Please refer to your telegram, dated 21st July, No. 45 C. You are
authorised to grant proposed ration allowance.
Any force you may raise and any men whom you may send to Consul,
Siatan, should be given to understand by you that they are free to deal with
German parties and that they will be rewarded in a generous manner if they
succeed.
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Telegram P, No. S. 722, dated the 24th July 1915,
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain (repeated to His Britannic
Majesty's Minister, Tehran, and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General
and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, Meshed).
Your telegram No. 126 C., dated 20th July. At any rate until reinforce*
ments arrive Government of India are not disposed to sanction immediate
despatch of troops to Sistan from Kacha. Troops at Kacha will be sent instruc
tions to intercept and destroy any party of Germans which is reported to
be passing in that vicinity. We must depend on Russian Cossacks and such
co-operation as you can give them with Hazaras sent from Meshed and men
you raise locally as regards German parties moving towards Birjand and
Ahwaz. Indeed, it is considered that we must depend mainly on such action
as you can arrange through local tribesmen so far as Sistan and Nainat are
concerned and you should do all in your power to arrange this. In view of
tactics which have been adopted by Germans, you should understand that
you are at liberty to subsidize local tribesmen in every way possible in order
to induce them to deal with these parties, and as has already been stated you
may offer rewards freely in the event of success being achieved.
Orders are being sent for the twenty men of 103th Hazara Pioneers to
report themselves without delay to Vice-Consul, Sistan.
You are authorised to make any arrangement which may seem possible
with Consul-General, Meshed, for obtaining Hazaras and arms from there.