مجموعة ٢٩ /٨٦ "النفقات الدبلوماسية والقنصلية: المقدار؛ المراجعة؛ الشؤون العامة" [و‎‎٩] (٥٦١/١٧)

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i.ould you please refer to the Government of India’s
repress letter fJo* J> 881 >1^45 of 19th July 1945 regarding
the replacement ®f 4 lorries simplied to the Muscat Levies
in 1940*
2* In 1939 after prolonged correspondence, and to avoid
further delay in time of emergency, the Air Ministry
agreed to pay for the cost of these militaxy stores which
were provided from India, reserving the right to raise the
question of the incidence of cost after the war# The
Treasury agreed to this arrangement under protest# (please
see in this connection India Office telegram Wo# 2826
of 10th November 1939)#
3# If we were now to put to the Air Ministry and Treasury
the proposal that His Majesty’s Ooverment should pay for
the 4 lorries provided as replacements, it seems highly
probable that they v.ould not only refuse to pay but would
also raise again the question of the incidence of the cost
of the stores originally supplied, which has hitherto
lain dormant#
4# The time is soon approaching .hen the general question
of the incidence of war time expenditure in the Persian Gulf
and future arrangements for the division of expenditure in
tais area will have to be decided# Before pursuing further
the question of payment for these 4 lorries supplied to Muscat,
Lt#Gol# R#R# Burnett, CM, 4 . 0. ,
External Affairs } department.
Government of India,