ملف رقم ١٣٧٧ لسنة ١٩٠٥، جزء ٣، "الحدود الفارسية البلوشستانية: مسألة بيران وكاشا" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎١] (٢٠٩/٨١)

Confidtntial
Stistan,
Tha 17 th Novtmbar 1908
No* 41 *
Sir, /
In reply to your Despatch No* 11 , dated 13 th October
19081 on the subject of the Perso-Baluch frontier, 1 have
the honour to report that X took an opportunity yesterday
of speaking to the Director of customs privately on the
matter referred to*
M* Bottieau told me that the only report he had sent
on this question was to the effect that M. Mornard had >
observed certain buildings at Kacha which he believed to
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be in Persian territory. I have not myself visited Kaoha,
but 1 presume these are buildings for the Bobat troops*
I do not know the Director's grounds for supposing that
Kacha is in Persian territory, and in accordance with
orders received from the Government of India last year
(copy enclosed for ready reference) I did not attempt to
discuss the question with him*
As reagrds the complaints of British interference witl
the Customs, the Director told me that he had made no com
plaint or report of any sort* He admitted however that
it was possible his Persian subordinates had done so as he
said