ملف رقم ٢٦٢٦ لسنة ١٩٠٥ "بلاد فارس: - الملحق العسكري في مشهد" [و‎‎٢‎٣] (٥٣٢/٥٠)

Enclosure No. 7.
Foreign Office to India Office.
iNo. 4,000. Foreign Office,
_ 20tli February 1911.
Ine Under secretary of State for Foreign . Affairs presents bis
compliments to the Under Secretary of State for India, and, by direction
of the Secretaiy of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned
paper.
Name and Date.
Subject.
Treasury, 6th February
Intelligence Officer at Meshed.
Annex.
Treasury to Foreign Office.
Treasury Chambers,
Sir, 6th February 1911.
I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s
Treasury to acknowlege the receipt of Mr. Mallet’s letter of the 19th
ultimo, further on the subject of the permanent appointment of an
intelligence officer at His Majesty’s Consulate-General at Meshed.
Their Lordships direct me to state that they have carefully considered
the correspondence in the matter, and note that on the one hand the
Army Council assess the interest of the War Department in the appoint
ment at not more than 500L a year, and that on the other Sir Edward
Grey still considers that the Imperial interest is of a purely military
character, although he would be willing, if their Lordships should so
desire, that half the salary of the post should continue to be borne on
Foreign Office votes.
In these circumstances, while attaching due importance to the view
expressed by Sir E. Grey in Mr. Mallet’s letter to the India Office of the
12th October last, as to the fairness of the Imperial Government’s
present contribution of one-half the pay of the officer only, excluding all
contingent and other expenses, my Lords are willing to agree to a con
tribution of 500Z. a year being made to the Government of India in
respect of this post, in lieu of the present contribution, as from 1st April
next, subject to the arrangement being reviewed in two years from the
1st January last, as suggested by the War Department.
The payment of this contribution should be made from Army f™d s,
and my Lords are authorising the Army Council (to whom a copy ot this
letter is being sent) to make provision in Army Estimates accordingly.
I am, Ac.,
The Under Secretary of State, G- H. Murray.
Foreign Office.