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Telegram P., No. 33 849, dated the 31st January 1916.
Form—The Chief of the General Staff, Delhi,
To—The Officer Commanding, Nasratabad, Sistan.
Reference telegram No. 12-F., of 28tli instant, to Foreign and Political
Department, from Consul, Sistan.
Please telegraph, your views on the general situation especially with regard
to Consul’s suggestion for reinforcing your force.
No machine gun can be sent, and it is most unlikely that any mountain
guns or reinforcements can he despatched owing to more important demands
from elsewhere.
137
Telegram P., No. 27-C., dated (and received) the 5th February 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty J s Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To —The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
(Repeated to Baluchistan.)
Please see my telegram No. 12-E., of the 28th January. Written
agreements to sell have been given me by holders of grain in Sistan and with
assistance of Karguzar we are collecting stock as quickly as possible.
Up to next harvest, namely, June 10th for wheat, and May 21st for barley
we shall have enough. In Kacha there is a considerable reserve stock.
I believe we can ration a considerably larger force in Sistan from June
10th if timely arrangements are made with the Persian Government to sell
us surplus stocks of next harvest.
Por stock required up to harvest we have to pay 81,000 tomans almost
immediately. This includes supplies for Hazaras and Baluch levies who have
found buying in market impossible.
I am about to propose revised rates of pay with free rations for Baluchis,
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Telegram P., No. 13-F., dated (and received) the 7th February 1916.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed to Tehran.)
xnree uniters at - . x j. jo if
notoriously unsympathetic to us. This matter is very important. Is it pos
Bible to send ex-Cossack or Revenue Gendarmerie Oihcers