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'FILE NO. 17/14 - Vol-I POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS. WIRELESS STATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARABIAN MAINLAND.' [103r] (210/372)
The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1932-23 Nov 1940. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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3/60/25 .
FOREIGN OFFICE,
SoW.l,
12t>U Marche 1935 &
bir s ) ^
With reference to Foreign Office letter
Noo i£ X'>27/66/25 of the 7th March regarding the external
telegrfpnic conuiiunicationa of Saudi Arabia e I am directed
by Secretary sir John Simon to transmit to you,-, to be
laid before the Secretary of State for India, the accompanying
«py of a despatch from His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda
regarding wireless communication between Saudi Arabia and
Bahraina
l <h. As Secretary sir Samuel Hoare is already awt're
irom previous correspondence on tnis eub^ect* sir Andrev
Ryan has* upon instructions from His Majesty's Government,
rejected a proposal put forward by trie Saudi Government thtt;
the establishment of a wireless telegraph service between
Kasa and Bahrain should form the subject of a direct
agreement between themselves and the Bahrain Government,
^and he has instead arranged with the Saudi Government that
the possibility of establishing such a service should be
included among the subjects to be discussed at Jedda
between representatives of tne Saudi Government and of
Mes^iSo ^ a b--e and Wireless*. Limited* towards the end of
Marcho
3ft In despatch Nou 43 of the 15th February* a
copy of vvnieh is enclosed* Sir Andrew Ryan transmits a copy
of the draft agreement between the Saudi and Bahrain
Governmentswhich the former had intended to propose as
the/
r Secretary of it ate,
aia Office*
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The volume comprises correspondence relating to an agreement reached in 1935 between the Saudi Arab Government and Cable and Wireless for the provision of external wireless telegraph communications from Saudi Arabia, including a proposed service between Hasa and Bahrain. A copy of the agreement can be found at folios 117-125.
The correspondence details discussion between the political authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Saudi Arabia with representatives of the Foreign Office and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , along with representatives of Cable and Wireless (formerly Imperial and International Communications Limited) regarding the proposed Bahrain to Saudi mainland wireless service and possible negotiations with the Saudi Arab Government which resulted in a conference being arranged in Jedda between the various parties at which the agreement was reached.
Also included in the volume are reports from the British Legation at Jedda on various wireless stations being established in Saudi Arabia and the differing types of equipment they were believed to be using, most of it supplied by Marconi Limited. The reports were compiled by the Legation primarily from information published in Umm-al-Qura newspaper in Mecca.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 171-181.
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- 1 volume (182 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 184; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-170 and in the file notes between (ff 171-181); these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'FILE NO. 17/14 - Vol-I POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS. WIRELESS STATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARABIAN MAINLAND.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 16r:20v, 22r:50v, 53r:54v, 60r:109v, 111r:116v, 126r:129v, 135r:145v, 147r:153v, 162r:183v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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