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oonnexiono He could not help thinking^ however 9 that to raise
it in the present connexion would he had policy from the
'Admiralty point of view 0 If we failed^ we should almost
certainly precipitate a crisis regarding Hen^an^ and should he
left with neither Henjam nor the air routes
12 0 In reply to enquiries from the Admiralty Representative
Mr* Rendel said that it was difficult to estimate the importance
attached oy the Persians to the re-opening of the Dus dap Railway*
Ihey might regard it as a matter of merely local intere sin I t
was quite possible that they would not he prepared t© give us
anything in return* In any case* they would he careful not to
let it appear that they attached special importance to it*
23 0 Th© AIR MINIST RY. in reply to questions
said that the Air Ministry did not consider Hen jam of importance
either from the point of view of military or of civil aviation*
The Air Ministry were strongly in favour of the Foreign Office
propo sal So
14o Cap tain u UMXHPHAJf said that the strongest argument
against raising the Henjam question in the present connexion
seemed to he that in the event of failure we should prejudice our
positiorio He suggested* however* that at last we had got a
factor to force the Persians into the open* Hitherto* it had
paid them to procrastinate* Might it not he hast to wait until
they approached us again begging us to re-open the railway? If
we attempted the bargain now proposed should we not he throwing
away a bargaining asset which might he of.greater use to uo later
on if the general negotiations should he re-opened?
X5o Mr., BAXTER said that* apart from the dangers of Persian
retaliation* the railway might well he a wasting asset* In a
short time the Persians would probably have made other arrange
ments* and would not then feel the re-opening ©f the railway to