"الأكسيد الأحمر في أبو موسى، ١٨٩٨-١٩٣٤" [و‎‎٤] (١٢/٧)

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P.16S5/23,
P # 1784/23.
P.lB52/a3.
P.E664/23.
v ;as being revived v;as simultaneously
confirmed by Messrs. Strick from information
received by them from Tehran.. The Foreign
Office replied (No.88 of 1st May 1923)
instructing the Minister to draw the attention
of the Persian Prime Minister to the incident
of 1904, when we were prepared to take naval
action to remove the Persian Flag from the
islands of Tamb and Abu Musa which we considered
to belong to the Sheikh of Shargah, and to
give him a friendly hint that it would be
unwise for the Persian Government to follow
the advice of the Moin-ut-Tujjar because
H.M.G. would undoubtedly resent any such
step and might take the measures contemplated
in 1904 to counteract any Persian designs in
this direction.
5. On 11th May 1923 Messrs. St^ic'k reported
that there was nothing fresh to advise in
regard to oxide on Abu Musa.
6. On 15th May Sir p., Loraine informed
the Foreign Office that he proposed to
communicate an aide memoire regarding Abu
Musa only on the lines of the instructions
referred to in paragraph 4 above. (Tol.No.148).
The necessary communication was made on 16th
May (Tehran Desp.220 of 18th May 1923) and
supplemented by oraij. explanations. On the
30tn May he reported that the Prime Minister
had apparently kept the communication to
himself, as ten days later the Persian
Minister/