File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎127r] (250/481)

tilR 11; 10u:Ltles in the way of providing their necessities with
secrecy and speed (although this precaution was not necessary) and
^to make it easy to bring reinforcements when needed; this is the
summary of what you wished to understand. In my opinion it is
sufficient, and it is to be taken as a foundation and a standard
as to our actions in the face of all changes and unforeseen events
■ sequence of events may show. It remains for us to state
what ae need at present :
Mrntlx.^ t..c: amount of fifty-thousand pounds in gold for tue montnly
pay of the troops levied, and other tnings the necessity of^hich
neea«5 no explanation, we beg you to send it with all possible haste.
Secondly Twenty-thousand sacks of rice, tfifteen-tnousand sacks of
flour, «$U0u Sacxs of oarley, one-hundred-and-fifty sacks of coffee,
one-hundred-and-fifty sacks of sugar, five-thousand rifles of the
modem pattern and the necessary amount ion, and one-hundreu boxes of
the two sample cartridges (enclosed] and of J. art ini Henry Caftridres
and AZA^tnat is of those of the rifles of the factory An East India Company trading post. of St.Ktienne
in France for the use of those two kinds of rifles of our tribes, it
would not be amiss to rend five-hundred boxes of both kinds,
lili.Ihfy.i. we tlii ik it better tiiat the place of deposit of all tiiese
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things should be Port Sudan.
A«Y.» As tue above provinionr and nu litions are not needed until
the beginning of tne ruovement^f which we will inform you ofilcially,
tney should remain at the above place, aiid y/hen we ru ed tuem we will
inform the governor there of the places to whicn tiiey may ce conveyed
and of tne intermediaries who will carry orders for receiving them.
— i f tnly: The inoney required should be s nt at once to ‘ ue Governor
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01 Port huclan'i' and a trusted one, whom we will send to him to receive
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it either all at once or in instalments, according as he is able, and
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ibis (dij is t e(secret)sign to oe recognised for acceptinc; the man.
^■kktih y: uur envoy who will receive tue money shall be sent to A ort
budan in three weeks time, that is to say, he will be there on trie
tfifth of Jamad Awal with a letter from us addressed to a 1 I hawaga
^lias hffendi saying that he (iiilian) will pay hira^in ac oruunce with
tne letter^t ie rent of our properties, and t .e signature will be