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over Ilyas Khan and his section. He would like to use the Company as a
means to this. 1 ‘
I think onoe he is down at Clmh Kaaimha, your people and the Kashkulis
should have no trouble till the spring, beyond c nr.plaints to Tehran. Eor that
I suggest you should prime your representative in Tehran with the fact" so that
he may keep a “ stiff upper lip” to anything the Persian Government may
pass on from Soulat (after all the Persian Government are beholden to the Com-
pany for royalties, and I suppose you have a big stick there)
Bud now that Soulat is so cock-a*hoop, 1 think it would be unwise for you
• * J ~T * 1 • ^ ^ put yourself in his power at
Biruzabad or Jirreh. I think you had better wait till he passes Shiraz on the
spring migration, when within a few miles of Shiraz he will have to be circum
spect, and you will be on firmer grounds for arguing : as he will no doubt try
to make you upset the Kashkuli agreement altogether.
Meanwhile we must pray for a change of thh “nationalist” wind at j
Tehran, and a chance of All Khan being marie Ilkhani as Qawam wants,
Saulat is beyond straight dealing with Europeans ; even after his protesrations
(of friendship to the Legation) we have had + wo Assistant Superintendents of
Telegraphs robbed by Qason the Isfahan road, and. he would not pay a
shahi of compensation.
Enclosure 5.
Telegram No. 205, dated the 15th November 1921.
From— His Majesty's Consul, Shiraz,
To—His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, Tehran.
After perusing Persian agreement yesterday His Imperial Highness
remarked to me that he had been asked to arrange for guards by the Govern
ment or Company, he w r ouid not have been able to put in other tribesmen at
site and would perforce have had to ask Kashkuli Khans to furnish them.
He resents the tone of the telegrams from Qawm-us-Sultaneh to himself,
which was in nature of a rebuke, for they were founded on misrepresentations
of Sardar Ashair. His Eoyal Highness begged me especially to tell you this,
and also, so that it may be clear to you that ne was not author ot reports—bhat
he has no direct correspondence with Minister for Foreign Atrans.
In Prince’s opinion influence on behalf of Sardar Ashair is being used by
Haii Muin-ut-Taiiar with Persian Ministers. Governor-General wishes to 0 i e
ail assistance he can to Anglo Persian Oil Company, a few cash F es ^ n 8 °
Ministers concemed by the Company would, he considers, make the Persia
Government quite indifferent to this agreement. , .
Equally with my«H, Goveruor-Guaeral is of opioiou that Sardar Ash.tt
cannot afford assistance to Company at the si e ?’• n0 K cvr ao-amst
my doubt whether Sardar Ashair will be sensible and give up his policy a 3 .
the Kashkulis to accept Company s offer. .,
His Imperial Majesty put forward mhaoi tod tha^ heel
likely to acquiesce in an agreement m t f , U Mothers might
proposed, for the reason that at any moment ^J^^rlment brought in :
outbid him for that position for the sake of what the agreement biou D
such complications would of course greatly amp h for comtnunica-
Addressed to Tehran, No. 20S ; repeated to Mohaurmerah for comu.uu.ca
tion to Kesident Director.
Enclosure 6. Telegram No . 206, dated the 16th November 1921.
From—His Majesty's Consul Shiraz,
To — His Maiesty's Charge d'Affaires, Tehran. ,
j i flip TCarffuzar with reference to the A -glo*
In reply to allegations made by telegram, answers are (a) 20,000
Persian Oil Company, mentioned my °
rounds.
783 (s)F & P D