File 1323/1916 Pt 2 ‘Baluchistan:- Perso-Baluch Frontier. Sale of the Mirjawa-Kwash Telegraph Line.’ [‎457r] (17/44)

iiiipo ir the solidaritiy and friendly co-oper tfion which if
is desired to maiirtain,
in liiy ovm opinion, as uhe line is of no value to us
and '^ould h.^vc nad lo he abandoned if we had vacated
Khwash independently of the Persians, it would he a gra
cious act and one of inexpensive generosity if we made
ovei uQ tnein ohe complete installation on their paying
Rs*3PG/-, the cost of the two instruments.
If this is deemed inadvisable or cannot be done
without further reference, it would be advisable to
settle the matter through Tehemn. Any bargaining on
the spot by the Liaison Officers with the Salar Arnjad
would for the reasons already given be highly unde/sirable
and conducive of no good result.
5. I have therefore instructed Colonel Keyes that pend-
i
Ing the orders of the Government of India he should not
negotiate on the lines proposed in the Baluchistan dis
trict memo rand urn»
Sd,F,W„J ohnston,
Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan
Secret.
No. 38771^. S,
Headqua rters Baluchistan District,
Quetta, 23rd February 1924.
To
Major G.TJJennys, O.B.E.,
KHhASH. (by hand of Colonel Keyes).
EVACUATION OF KIT ASH.
1, vuth reference to Headquarters, Western Command
letter No*4481/18/G., dated the 16th February 1924, the
price to be asked for the Mirj awa-Khwash telephone has
been fixed at Rs.10,000 (ten thousand). This sum re
presents 50% of the total original cost of materials and
xylM; laying them.
You will note chat you are not empowered to accept
without reference to this Headquarters any lower offer
made
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