Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general' [‎194v] (388/561)

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some reason to suppose that the
Treasury may already 1*5 embarked on
a review of the whole question of
Persian expenditure in the light of
these proposals, and it would accordingly
be a good thing to forestall any move
they may contemplate by producing our
general proposals in their complete
form at the earliest possible moment.
There are two points, however,
which I must make. First, it is
possible that if His Majesty’s Governme
look favourably on your scheme, they
might seek to make the transfer to the
Porgpgn Office of the Eastern Consulates
in Persia a condition of acceptance.
What are the Government of India’s
present views on this point?
Secondly, I should hardly feel
much confidence of success in putting
the proposals to the Foreign Office
unless I can be assured that the
Government of India will not go back on
their acceptance (at any rate implicit)
of the principle that 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.
should be moved from Bushire to Bahrein
and that the cost of the move should be
shared. We are already morally
committed up to the hilt on this question,
and in any case it ts exceedingly
difficult to argue that the main
reasons for transfer Impr-rial
rather( the prestige
of the Resident and the efficiency of
administration). But apart from all
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that, it seems clear to me that an