مجموعة ٧١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. المحطات اللاسلكية التي تشغلها شركة الاتصالات الإمبراطورية والدولية المحدودة في بلاد فارس." [ظ‎‎٢‎٠‎٧] (٤٦٧/٤١٤)

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If, as was thought probable, he felt that
such a course was, on general grounds, undesirable,
he was invited to say whether he considered it likel
that the Persian Government, if approached on the
subject, would either prohibit importation altogethe
or permit it subject to payment of Custons dues.
i 0 , Mr. Hoare} repl^.^4flagged n A M . He
anticipates that it would probably be quite easy
to import wireless stores with cable material,
but since to do so would deprive the Persian
Government of revenue,-as in this way the wireless
stores would escape duty,—to which they were
undoubtedly entitled^ since its waiver was not
provided for in any agreement, written or unwritten'
such p course could not be advised.
On the other hand he gives very good reasons
why we should refrain from addressing any enquiry
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on the subject to the Persian Government in wi>ioh
His Majesty 1 s Government had decided their course of
action in the event of a demand from Persia for the
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surrender of the Stations, and finally he remarked
that he saw no objection to the^export as cable
material of any small quantities of wireless
material that might be needed to keep the Stations
in proper repair, pending further consideration
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of the political question.! It will be seen from the
subsequent exchange of views between this Department
the Political Department and the Poreign Office
that it is very difficult to frame a suitable reply
to the Company* s enquiry.'?
r Obviousl^we^cannot encourage them to cheat
the Persian Government or camouflage their imports
of wireless material on a wholesale scale. On the
other/
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