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FOREIGN OFFICE.
January 16th. 1911.
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17123/10) ,17 JAM 911 . !

Sir: -
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I am directed hy the Secretary of state for For­

eign Affairs to acknowledge the receipt of your letter

of the 30th. ultimo respecting the state of affairs

brought about by acts of Turkish aggression in the dis­

tricts adjoining the Persian Gulf. It is suggested

that His Majesty's Government should enter into nego­

tiations with the Turkish Government explaining to them
fully their interests* and policy in those regions, and

that an attempt should be made to effect's general

settlement on the lines recommended by His Majesty's

Consul-General at Bushire in his telegram to.the Govern

ment of India enclosed in your letter of December 9th.

Falling the success of these negotiations it is sug­

gested that it would probably be necessary for H1b

Majesty's Government to assert by force their view of

^[Aylia^lcjCJlgtitutes the status quo in the Persian Gulf ra-
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India Office.