الملف ٥٣٧\١٩٢١ الجزء ٢ "بلاد فارس: النفط - تطوير شركة النفط الأنجلو-فارسية لحقول نفط جديدة؛ الحفر للتنقيب عن النفط في دشت قيل؛ اتفاقية شركة النفط الأنجلو-فارسية مع خانات القشقولي" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٨] (٢٥٤/١٢٧)

the cusrd with thirty horses, thrit
ammunition, imrullrh Khsn Krshkuli, who is in
has been Given 5uu tom?ns for the pay end expenses of the men
comriPnd of the Gusrd
until their arrival at the site of the boring operations. The
sts temcnt ti r t ■-o u.js be -on given tomans in cash r ' 1 i^h
instructions to raise 3wU riflemen.is entirely incorrect.
Hie site of the oil Company's operations is in the middle of
.. ^11.n -i-^■ x i i cr . x .. x — , therefore, refrain from comment inn on
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Your excellency's statement 4 hst some Kashkulis have settled down
in the Oil fields for the soke of a small number of their cattle
and pretend to be owners of the land, i cannot however, refrain
from expressing my regret that the imperial Government should
communicate to me reports so obviously at variance with well-knom
facts, and at the same time neglect to acquaint me with the source
of these reports.
From the first sentence in lour excellency's note under reply,
I gather that the harguzar of Fars is responsible f or these
frivolous charges against the Consul of a friendly power, in the v
interest of ..nglo-iersien relations, it is desirable that the
Foreign office should have a more reliable agent At so importau
s post as Shiraz, and I hope that lour excellency will lose no tire
in recalling the present Karguzsr, whose record has ceen ^n^rslly
unsatisfactory and whose false reports on the present occasion have
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1 „ ,, - ■> „. • - x,.. f n f>,p lpl^rh t! ' , Government as well
been the cause of much anxiety to -re iii.tx - -
ss to myself.
, ,, .. , fw*- 4 - Pprsian Government will
xit the same time, i expect tna.re uv
convey to me an expression of regret at the Itvig > * Ja > -cx-
serious and utterly false accusations have oeen ofucially
against His Majesty's Consul at Shiraz.
• n ' * xvx r . opportunity to renew? to Your Excellency
i avail myself of tms opporiuiu. j
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the assurance of my high consideration. ^cy- fi. Bridgeman.
prcellency, Soshar es Saltsneh, .
Minister for Foreign xs -- -•