مجموعة ٥٩/٣٠ "الخليج الفارسي. تأسيس البحرية الفارسية، إلخ" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٤] (٦٢٤/٢٠٨)

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Tho mibjeot of tha Veraian Kary ma dlacuaaad at an
Xatardopart^aiital Coafartnoo bald at the India Olfioe on ZCtYx July
Ir.at. Tha Irat rentance of the oonoluaion r^ada na follows:
w But for the ;aoment there oeeaed nothing to ba done but to wait
on events and to keep a sharp lookout x'or any Teraian ag rasslon
or interferenee* , . in this connection 1 venture to point out th&t
onoa the Persian Navy is 11 in be ng" - no amount of wntohfulnaas on
our pr*rt can be trusted to prevent n difficult r>nd possibly
unpleasant situation arising it a visit by a Persian warship is
actually ianda to Arab ports and waters. The Persian authorities
will presutoably not iniorai us ox the oruisea of their ships, and
the first the Political Resident will lenm of their visit to
klusoat, or Bahrein or Kuwait will be a telegram from the loool
Political Agent simounoing their arrirni end asking what attitude
is he and tno loe?d Euler expected to t^ke up? If - on the
r^Ctfipt of auoii a telegram - ws dc noUxing then the Persian
Government o?n argue that °silence givws consent and that they
have freedom of cruise in r&b wc.- ;■ s• if e object ths Persian
Government can ask why no previous warning was given to them,
having onoe ;^ent thaix* ships - without observing any formalities -
to an Arab port they will be much loss likely to agree to
observing formalities in future, end a difficult aae will
ensue•
g. The fact, which 1 touched on In my letter quoted above,
*aid which is confirmed in the Naval Attache*a letter, that the
ahips *ill bo officered by Italian Naval officers, will not lessen
the affect of any incidante which may *vriae« Being in Persian
service they cannot claim apeoir 1 treatment, but any oontretemps
between us and the Persian Navy, in which such officers ^re
serving, may have sn unfortunate effect on ths Italian Covernaent.
6 . As to whether the Persian Navy ia likely to visit
Arabian waters, yrlma faale there ould scorn to be a distinct
probability of it. Otherwise it la difficult to see why the
Persian/