مجموعة ٣٠/ ٤١ "تنسيق الاستخبارات التجارية: طريقة إدارة المراسلات بين المقيم السياسي وإدارة التجارة الخارجية خلال زيارات نائب القنصل في بوشهر إلى دول الخليج" [و‎‎٦‎٣] (٢٥٨/١٢٥)

E 6036/1879/54.
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1933 J
TQltM -^TCTt
s^v.i.
8th November,
X ara Airected by secretary Sir 3ohn sinon to
transmit to you horejvjith* to be laid beforo the lords
CQ/ninioa ionars of Hio fcajo^ty f s Treasury, the accompanying
copy of a despatch from Bio Maiosty'a kinieter at Tehran
on the aubjeot of oortain euggestions put forward by the
j?olitieu! Aeaidont at Buehire for the co-ordination of
oo viercial intoiligonce in the Persian Oulf*
2o Xt will bo seen that the scheme proposed by
Coionel FowIg involvoa periodic visits to the i\rab coast
by ilia fcajoety'a Vice-Consul at Buohire# In hia covering
daspatch. Sir :?opinald Hoar© suggested that if the expense
entailed by two each visits a year wore considered greater
than wm warranted by the prospect of incroaeed trade with
the Arabian coa^t, sanction might bo granted for one visit
© year only* The pueetion was* however* further examined
in detail by the Department of overseas Trad© who reached
the conclusion that at least two visits a joar would bo
required if the necessary contact© were to be satisfactorily
maintained*
5. It »111 be further ob^ervsd that the FolitieaX
Heaidant proposed to defray the first year's expenditure from
certain funds accruing from feed retained* with the permission
of the Iraqi Government* for services rendered on their
account between 1G22 and l^S?* Sir John bimon did not*
ho wovor.
The Secretary
to the Treasury*