مجموعة ٢٩ /٨٦ "النفقات الدبلوماسية والقنصلية: المقدار؛ المراجعة؛ الشؤون العامة" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٦] (٥٦١/٤٥١)

the transfer to the Levant Service of certain of
those staffed by the Indian Political Department; end
pointed out that such transfers would lead to
economy of public funds, since the Consular Services
standard of establishment is less expensive than
the Indian. The Minister suggested also
consideration of the question of the ultimate
unification of the Persian Consular Service, i.e.
the transfer of an. posts in Persia to the Levant
Service, though he freely admitted that there were •
some places, especially those in which there is a
large Indian community, where an Indian trained
officer could hardly be dispensed with, and also
that the existing system of a Consular body derived
irom two separate services, though an anomaly in
theory, works quite well in practice.
On the 15th January 1924 the Foreign Office
replied to the India Office letter of 7th March 1923
soaring that the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs could not accept the principle underlying
the proposal that expenditure should be divided
nenceforth on a 2:1 basis, and seeking to show that
India is still interested in Persia. At the same
time the Foreign Office urged the need for reducing
the expenditure borne by Imperial Funds.
To this the India Office responded on 10th
March 1924 by a brief recapitulation of the ar-usients
previously advanced, and a request for the reasons
rhy they, and India's desire for a more equitable
division