(228 Covers flown) 8 April 1925 From Sir Percy Loraine: “Results of discussion with Secretary of State for Air is that no transportation air service is at present a practical possibility. We agreed that best statement to make to Persian Prime Minister is that no practicable discussion can take place until Cairo Baghdad area has been commercialised and that when that is done a civil representative can be sent to Iran for a friendly examination jointly with Persian Government of conditions in order to see whether any mutually advantageous scheme is feasible. Before leaving Tehran yesterday I heard that Persian Government have decided to reject Junkers contract proposals.” 10 April 1925 Extracts from Bushire Residency Diary No.7 of 1925: “The Right Hon'ble L. Amery, P. C., His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Right Hon'ble Sir Samuel Hoare, His Majesty's Secretary of State for Air, and party visited Muhammerah and Abadan on the 10th.” “81. MEKRAN. Postal. The post offices at Jask and Charbar, which had been in charge of officers of the IndoEuropean Telegraph Depart ment, were handed over to Persian officials on the 20th March. The offices have been removed to premises outside the telegraph limits.” File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [36r] (84/494) | Qatar Digital Library (qdl.qa)
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