'14/201 II, TRUCIAL COAST MISCELLANEOUS, B 57' [‎52r] (111/417)

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Telegram a
~ roin Minister, Tehran.
10 political resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , iiuahire.
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Bated and receiYed E6th January 19 37.
IMPOR'IAHT. ^ I
lour telegram iio. 8.
We cannot trace siuy doctoAr's name in the
Diplomatic Service nor throw any ligjat on the report.
i am uncertain aa to procedure by which
; Persian a normally visit the 'j ^ucial Coast. foreign uffice
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circular of loth March 1932 states that foreigners require
entry visas. As regards Persians i "believe that friends
Goast
or relations on the xasuck sometimes obtain permit for their
visitors throu^i the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent. i5ut the large
immigrationa of last uctober suggests that visa is not
always insisted on* ^ f ^ ,
3* if Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , J^ttirdin, instructs Shaikhs
that the two men should not be allowed to land is there not
risk that in ctenplying Shaikhs will add that they are acting
on British instructions Y Contrast with uctober ssas&Bt
could not pass unnoticed and our consular officials on the
Persian Coast may for instance find themselves accused of
having engineered emigration. ihis risk would be avoided
if mission had fair field for failure.
4 # j. agree that alleged object of visit is
unobjectionable as far as concerns us and from the Tehran
point of vieft/'would prefer forbearance in this case for
citation on some future occasion or negotiations. .But l
realise that I am Inadequately informed as to the strictness
with which visa is insisted on and unable to estimate effect
on Arabs locally of a blind eye policy in this case.