ملف رقم ١٩١٣/٣٦١٥، الجزء ٢، "الخليج الفارسي: استئجار الجزر (وامتياز معين التجار). [و‎‎٤‎٢] (٣٤٤/٥١)

place of the usual shadowy promises that have been
accepted in the past, and in making instead a most un
reasonable proposal without on this occasion even
attempting to hint at any security for the suggested
advance. As it was evident that the Minister of Finance
was at the hack of the group in the Cabinet that is
hostile to the purchase proposal, 1 turned my attention
more especially to that notoriously corrupt official, and
told him in very plain language that as long as a
Minister of his calibre remained at the head of the
financial Administration Persia need not expect that any
money would be forthcoming from either Great Britain or
Russia. I let Miohtesham es Saltaneh know clearly that 1
am fully conversant with the intrigues of himself and
his Secretary General, by means of which they hope to
sow discord among their Belgian employees and so to get
a larger control of the finances of the country into
their own hands, the road from which to their pockets is
i a short one.
I then turned to the Prime Minister and told His
Highness that I could not submit this fresh unreasonable
proposal for financial assistance to you, Sir, unless 1
could