ملف ١٠٠٠\١٩١٨ الجزء ٤ "بلاد فارس: السياسة" [ظ‎‎١‎٥‎٠] (٣٧٥/٢٩٧)

contribution can only be justified to
the Indian tax nayer by the argument
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that India/
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Persian n affairs - an argument
cannot be sustained if those affairs
are determined by His Majesty’s
Government without reference to India’s
c onstituti onal spoke srnen • Mr.
Montanu views with much misgiving the
erowinp' burden of financial liability,
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results, that Have characterised
British policy in Persia of recent
years; and he feels increasing
hesitation, as each new item comes up
for sanction, in inviting his Council
to bear their allotted share. But
until recently he has at least been in
a position to assure his colleagues
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that no important steps ted been taken:
without full consideration of the
Indian point of view. If he is to be
deprived of this advantage in future,
he will be compelled to reconsider, in
the light of the altered circumstances
the whole question of Indian liability
in resnect of Persian expenditure.
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