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File 2626/1905 ‘Persia:- Military Attaché at Meshed’ [33r] (70/532)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1904-16 Nov 1911. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government^ ,
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PERSIA.
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CON. VDENTIAL.
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[February 7.]
Section 2.
[4555]
No. T.
Treasury to Foreign Office.—(Received February 7.)
Sir
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Treasury Chambers, February 6, 1911.
I AM directed by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury to
acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Mallet’s letter of the 19th ultimo, further on the subject
of the permanent appointment of an intelligence officer at His Majesty’s consulate-
general at Meshed.
Their Lordships direct me to state that they have carefully considered the
correspondence in the matter, and note that on the one hand the Army Council assess
the interest of the War Department in the appointment at not more than 500L a-year,
and that on the other Sir Edward Grey still considers that the Imperial interest is of a
purely military character, although he would be willing, if their Lordships should so
desire, that half the salary of the post should continue to be borne on Foreign Office
votes. . .
In these circumstances, while attaching due importance to the view expressed by
Sir E. Grey in Mr. Mallet’s letter to the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
of the 12th October last, as to the
fairness of'the Imperial Government’s present contribution of one-half the pay of the
officer only, excluding all contingent and other expenses, my Lords are willing to agree
to a contribution of 500L a-year being made to the Government of India in respect of
this post, in lieu of the present contribution, as from 1st April next, subject to the
arrangement being reviewed in two years from the 1st January last, as suggested by
the War Department.
The payment of this contribution should be made from army funds, and my .Lords
are authorising the Army Council (to whom a copy of this letter is being sent) to make
provision in army estimates accordingly.
' I am, &c.
G. H. MURRAY.
[1883 g —2]
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about government expenditure on the Government of India post of Military Attaché at the British Consulate General at Meshed in Persia. The main correspondents are senior officials in London at the Foreign Office, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , War Office and Treasury. They discuss the joint funding of this post by the Government of India and the Home Government in London (also referred to as the Imperial Government), the continuance of the existing financial contribution to the salary for this post by the Foreign Office and an additional contribution by the War Department out of Army funds, 1910-1911. The correspondence includes representations in 1905 from Arthur Hardinge the Consul General at Tehran, Lieutenant Colonel C F Minchin the Consul General for the province of Khorasan at Meshed and his successor Major P Molesworth Sykes, to the Government of India and the Home Government in London, advocating the retention of Meshed as a centre of military intelligence about Russian Central Asia and the appointment there of a military intelligence officer, given the absence of a British Consular presence in Russian Turkestan and the value of such intelligence gathering to Government of India military authorities in particular.
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- 1 volume (259 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2626 (Persia – Military Attaché at Meshed) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 264; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- File 2626/1905 ‘Persia:- Military Attaché at Meshed’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:263v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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