File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia. Telegraphs’

Content

The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence 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. minute papers, regarding the withdrawal from Persia [Iran] of the Indo-European Telegraph Company and the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD).

It includes papers relating to the following:

• The decision of the Indo-European Telegraph Company to withdraw from Persia because of loss of revenue due to wireless and other causes
• The effect on the communications of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. of the withdrawal from Persia of the IETD and the Indo-European Telegraph Company, and the importance to HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. of securing the retention of the cable stations in the Gulf and the Jask-Gwadur line
• The desire of HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. to temporarily postpone the transfer to the Persian Government of the apparatus of the Bushire wireless station until reconstruction of the Bahrein station had been carried out
• How HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, should respond in the event of representations being received from the Persian Government in connection with the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Company from Persia
• The transfer to Imperial and International Communications Limited of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Cable System, and the transfer of the IETD telegraph lines in Persia, connecting Tehran with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. cables and with India, to the Persian Government
• Negotiations between the British Government and the Government of India on the one part and the Persian Government on the other for a governmental agreement to settle questions in connection with the withdrawal of the IETD from Persia

The volume also includes some papers relating to the intention of the Indo-European Telegraph Company to withdraw from the Soviet Union on 1 March 1931.

The main correspondents are as follows: the Foreign Office; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Robert Clive), and HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran (Raymond Cecil Parr); the Indo-European Telegraph Company Limited; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; and Imperial and International Communications Limited.

The volume includes some copies of documents in French, including correspondence between Sir Robert Clive and the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (408 folios)

It is grouped into

‘TRAFFIC CHART OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPTT:’

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/1270, f 359

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

The subject 4535 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Persia: telegraphs) consists of nine files (seven volumes and two physical files), IOR/L/PS/10/1266-1274. The files are divided into seventeen parts, with parts 1 and 3 comprising one volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, part 5 comprising the third file, part 7 comprising the third and fourth volumes, parts 8 and 11 comprising the fifth volume, parts 13 to 15 comprising the sixth volume, part 16 comprising the seventh file, and parts 10 and 17 comprising the eighth volume.

A location list on folio 5 of IOR/L/PS/10/1271 and IOR/L/PS/10/1272 states that part 4 is Coll 30/75 (IOR/L/PS/12/3792), part 6 is Coll 29/68 (IOR/L/PS/12/3644), part 9 is Coll 30/17 (IOR/L/PS/12/3727), and part 12 is P 4480/1923 Pt 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/1099).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 410; 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.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/1270

Former external reference(s)

P 4535/1928 Pt 7

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Nov 1930-4 Jun 1931 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Bilateral agreementsIndo-European Telegraph LineTelegraphsCommunication methods

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Indo-European Telegraph DepartmentForeign OfficeBritish Legation, TehranGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentGovernment of India, Foreign SecretaryCable and Wireless LtdIndo-European Telegraph Company

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