File 4011/1923 Pt 2 'PERSIAN GULF: NEGOTIATIONS 1928 HENJAM' [‎911v] (1829/1934)

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Mr. Alison, leaving the question of relative claims of Persia and Maskat to subsequent
adjustment, and inform Mr. Alison.
“ The convention with Persia is that mentioned by Mr. Alison in his letter to Lord
Stanley of April 2nd, 1868.”
98. Sir Charles Alison addressed to Lord Stanley despatch No. 42 of the
31st March 1868, enclosing translation of an official communication from the
Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs conveying the Shah’s sanction for the
erection according to the enclosed rough sketch and return of employees furnished
by Major Champain, of a telegraph station on the Island of Ashowade.
Minute of the Persian Foreign Minister referred to above was as follows :
y-. “ March 29th, 1868.
“ With respect to permission for the cable telegram station on the Island of Angaum
*Memorandum of the staff accommoda- the number of persons tot be employed and the
at n An e aum d ^ tele d ra P h cable extent of accommodation to be provided in
Fifteen Europeans, ' consisting of clerks ^ le sa hl i s l an< l i n accordance with the said
to work the instruments night and day, ftiemorandum.* dated 14th March, and the
allowance being made for such as may be plans forwarded to the Persian Foreign Office
disabled by illness—of a Superintendent and on the 27th of the same month after bein"
ke S eper SS1Stant ~ an Apotllecary and store " approved of by the British Mission, the Persian
A telegraph office containing instrument Ahiister, in order to Strengthen the friendly
room, battery rooms, Superintendent’s office, relations between the two Governments; will
verandah, etc. give permission and authority in the manner
Dwelling-house for Superintendent and indicated, provided that the number of employes
Barrack^; ten or twelve clerks. and eX . tent ° f the buildin ^ are not allowed * at
House for Apothecary and Medical any time to excee d those explained m the
Stores. memorandum received from the British Lega-
Large shed for telegraph stores and tion.”
material.
House for store-keeper.
Shed for inferior material and coal
.store for the telegraph steamer when cruis*
ing. Sundry out-office for cooking-houses,
native^ servants, stables, etc.
C. Alison.
Tehran, March 14th, 1868.
■With his despatch No. 43, dated the 2nd April 1868, Sir C. Alison forwarded
to Lord Stanley^ the convention signed that day with the Persian Minister
tor 1 oreign Affairs, for the extension of a line of telegraph from some point
between Jask and Bandar Abbas and Gwadur.
^ 99. In their letter to the Government of India, dated the 22nd October
1868, the Bombay Government observed that Mr. Alison’s despatch of the 31st
March 1868, enclosing a letter from the Persian Foreign Minister, was in no
way in the mature ot a convention or agreement between tbe two Governments,
but a permission to occupy the Island of Angaum by the Persian Minister without
reciting any authority or confirmation of His Majesty the Shah, and stating that
the Governor in Council had given instructions for the occupation of the island,
leaving any further question to future adjustment.
JO?. In reply, the Government of India said, in their letter No. 1294, dated
the 3rd November 1868, that the Governor-General in Council had approved of
the dnections given by the Bombay Government in regard to the occupation of
Angaum, and remarked as follows :—
“ It is strictly correct that Angaum is not mentioned in Mr, Alison’s letter of 2nd April
1868, nor, by name, in the convention to which the despatch gave cover. But it is, on the
other hand, perfectly certain that the despatch of the Secretary of State to the Governor
of Bombay in Council of the 7th May last, which g-ave cover to a memorandum of Lieutenant-
monel Goldsmid, and to a copy of the same convention as was forwarded by Mr. Alison,
qxpiessly mentioned Angaum as a place qf which Persia had permitted the occupation,
while throughout all that correspondence it is evident that Angaum is alluded to as
tie subject of discussion between the two Governments, and as the place to which it was
desirable to shift the cable as soon as' permission could be obtained from Persia. The
telegram from Lord Stanley to Sir Stafford Northcote of 19th August 1867, and other
telegrams quoted in the same despatch from the India House, specially mention Angaum ;
and the Secretary of State in his telegram of the 20th February last to Mr. Alison desired
$hat Coasts and places ’ specified in the convention should be understood to comprise
C’AF/Udqncies or island, so that there may be no difficulty regarding Angaum if required
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