مجموعة ٣٠/٢٤ "بلاد فارس والخليج الفارسي، البحرية الفارسية. زيارة الموانئ العربية" [و‎‎٣‎٢‎٠] (٩٠٨/٦٤٨)

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been i-uled by Independent sheikhs of the same rulini; family,,
with whom, us independent rulers, His Majesty*8 Government and
the Government of India have been in treaty relations for over
a century.
(d) .^.££1^ claiaa to Vamb and Abu ".usa . Similarly, the
Persian Government have raised vague claims to the small but
important islands of Taiab and Abu Musa, both of which have been
the property of rulers of the Tracial uoaat for approximately
two hundred years. His Majesty’s Government re. ard these
claims also as completely without foundation.
C®) Statioria ...at Pen.jam and Basidu . His Majesty’s
Ships in the Persian Gulf have for very many years made use of
® depot on the island of Henjan, and of Basidu on the island
of Kishm, for refuelling purposes, and for the recreation of
their crews. His Majesty*s Government have offered as part of
a general treaty settlement with Persia, to renounce their
rights at Basidu, and to regularise by a lease the position at
Henjam* negotiations for a general settlement are already
advanced, and, pending the final solution of these questions,
the Persian Government have undertaken to observe the status
. quo 4
6. In broaching this subject in the most friendly way
to the Italian Government, Your Excellency will explain that I
have instructed you to do so because Anglo-Italian relations
throughout the world are of so friendly and intimate a nature
that I naturally wish to prevent, by complete frankness, the
possibility