مجموعة ٢٨/٩٠ "بلاد فارس. زيارة وزير الشؤون الخارجية الفارسي إلى أفغانستان والهند." [و‎‎٩‎١] (٣١٣/١٨١)

Minute by l r r« Caroe of conversation with
M*Motai»i«dy ana Mr.Loxley on certa in
pending questions between the Govornraent
of India and the Iranian Government•
I met this morning in ray room M*‘iotanedy f the
head of the jin'Xish section in the Iranian Foreign office.
The mooting was also attended by ?fr• Loxley, the Second
Secretax*y of the Tehran Legation, nntl M.Hourgiad, the
Consul-Gon ral for Iran in In^ia • M.KOtminedy spoke French
throughout and I spoke iingllsh* The following is a brief
account of our discussions.
2. M» totamedy referred to an article in yesterday^
statesman*, which he thought gave M.K&eerai's visit to
India undue significance, am askad that some sort of
dementi should be issued to make clear that the visit was
entirely informal. I said, that there seemed no objection
to this, and I thought something could be done.
Ha then raised the question o the road between
Nok Kundi ana the frontier, which he stated was in an
appalling condition. I said that this was not really a
road st all, but only a track over the aesert. It would
cost many lakhs to make a road, and we could not consider
this unless the transport arrangement* on the
international route between Nok Fundi and zahidan were
placed on a more satisfactory footing then at present.
4* ?e then discussed the difficulties experience!
by Indian lorry drivers on this route. I said tlv t we
could not grant visas to the lorries of the Iranian
company until a fair and reciprocal arrangement for