"الملف ٣/١٣ الاتجار بالأسلحة" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٧] (٦٠٨/٣٣٣)

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is boitnd to -uphold -- a trade moreover which oily exists
to-day in defiance of the wi j he < openly of the
Rulers of M abkat and of the K^’-^hbo^rin^ stated, owing to
the chance wording of a &ty over sixty years old 9
drawn up at a time when the traffic in arms ha
foreseen and did not exist oven in the imaglnai
the framers of the treaty^though had it done s
history of International relations in modern t:
no doubt that it would have been txpressly oxc
Previous expiLofienct had a. 1 ready shown Hi^
Government that it was of little aso trying to
arms traf ic anywhere except at its source ,
-ernment of the Republic mast be aware, from tj]
of their Consular Officers in the Persian Gulf,
«ious and costly steps recently taken by his i* c
Government to this end. Aided by the powers c:
-ferred by the Persian Oovermmont and the Sultan of M^skat
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the patrol of H. M. Ships of the littoral of^ che Pei o&bi
Gulf has bet n so far suceos ful that a cons iderable n .mber
of contraband rifles and ammunition have been
the Persian and M^skaJ traders have thought it
to reduce and even to withhold for the time bt
seized and
more prudent
ing the des-
-patoh of their cargoes of arms* In short, there was good
reason to hope that the object aimed at by His Majesty’s
Government was in fair way to be achieved , wh|on they ^
learnt to their great concern that the Frenhh
Maskat had facilitated the despatch of carg 63
a French citizen on a dhow , and pos -ibly ©the
-ing the French flag , in order by this mea
the patrol now being carried out by H, M. Ships
In view of the very serious nature of this question
for His Majesty’s Government , as set forth above, and of
the friendly co-operation last year&in January
S 639 —i 2 ,ooo-^-©&r between/,ho French and British Governments