مجموعة ٢٨/٩٠ "بلاد فارس. زيارة وزير الشؤون الخارجية الفارسي إلى أفغانستان والهند." [و‎‎٤‎٦] (٣١٣/٩١)

Enclosure No.7.
Note on discussion regarding treatment of Indian
Lorry Drivers on Zahidan-Nok Kundi road.
This matter was discussed with the Minister, Tehran,
on the basis of a note prepared by Mr. Caroe. It was
generally agreed that the best line to take with Monsieur
Kazemi was as follows;
(2) to refuse at present to grant long term visas for
Iranian drivers of lorries belonging to the new subsidised
Iranian Company. The reasons for this refusal being (l)
that the Iranian officials at Zahidan are at present causing
great loss and annoyance to Indian drivers by various
methods detailed in Mr. Caroe^ note, (2) that until some
reasonable transport rates are fixed by agreement between
the Iranian local authorities and Indian Consular authorities
at Zahedan, there is an inevitable prospect of rates being
undercut by the subsidised company and Indian drivers and
lorries being driven not only off the Iranian stretch of
country between Mirjava and Zahidan but also off the Indian
stretch between Nok Kundi and Mirjava.
(b) to explain that we were anxious to achieve an
understanding between ourselves and the Iranian Government
for the future regulation of this traffic as between
Iranian and Indian competing lorries. The lines on which
we should like an agreement would be those set down in
paragraph 7 of Mr. Caroe’s note, which could be explained
generally but not in detail, to Monsieur Kazemi. If he
considers these to be generally reasonable we should suggest
that/