... Calcutta within nine of London, saving of ten days on the existing mail communications.' There were difficulties with the Persian Government to be oveapome, but he hoped to-'reach ah agreement satisfactory to both Governments. Turning to the R.A.F. and military ...

... of Persia. Sir Austen states that the British Government are unaware of any valid grounds upon which the claim of the Persian Government to sovereignty over these islands is, or can be, based geographically. He states the islands are not part of Persia ...