مجموعة ٢٨/٩٠ "بلاد فارس. زيارة وزير الشؤون الخارجية الفارسي إلى أفغانستان والهند." [و‎‎٥‎١] (٣١٣/١٠١)

Iranians withdrawing all long term visas from Indian
drivers in Zahidan, and the result will he that Indian
drivers will work between Nok Kundi and Mirjawa, while
the stretch from Mirjawa to Zahidan will he in the hands
of Iranian drivers, hut, as pointed out by Baluchistan
and Colonel Daly, the exclusive right to Indian drivers
to carry on their section of road will at least give
them a certain assurance, and may well incline the Iranian
Government to he reasonable. It will at least defeat the
present attempt to 'drive Indians even off roads in India.
7. We may inform Monsieur Kazemi that this is the
action we are forced to take and at the same time add that
we are at any time ready to negotiate a fair agreement.
The terms of such agreement might he somewhat as follows
(1) Indian and Iranian drivers will have full and equal
rights to work over the whole route between Nok Kundi and
Zahidan.
(2) The rates of transport should he fixed by agreement
by consultation between His Majesty’s Consul-General and the
Governor-General to be accepted by the Government of India
and the Iranian Government. The owners and drivers should
be consulted on the rates which should be fixed at a
scale which will allow of economic working.
(3) Long term visas, which might be for 6 months
rather than for the old period of three months, should be
granted on a reciprocal basis. If so desired, the local
authorities on each side may fix in consultation the number
of visas to be issued by each authority.
(4) No other entry visas should be required either
into India or Iran.
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