HC Deb 26 July 1916 vol 84 c1688
35. Mr. MALCOLM

asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can now state the result of General Sykes' campaign in the direction of Kerman?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes left Bunder Abbas in the latter half of May. He arrived at Kerman, without encountering any opposition, on June 12th. He was welcomed there and found the officials anxious to do all in their power to carry out the instructions of the Persian Government in restoring order and controlling the disturbers of neutrality.