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'File No. 17/20 MIDDLE EAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS' ADVISER.' [‎14r] (27/48)

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The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 13 May 1946-28 Jun 1948. 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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11 Izv
GOVERNMENT OP INDIA,
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Dbpabtmikt,
Sharjah
EXPRESS LETTER
[N, B.—This is an ORIGINAL MESSAGE, sent by post to save telegraphic
expense and undue use of the wires, but intended to be treated, on
receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To
save time a->d formalities it is worded and signed as if it had been
so despatched.]
From - Britagent,
Sharjah.
To - Political,
Bahrain.
No* 66&.1330
Doua 2nd June, 1947. 133
Reference your express letter No.C/681 dated the 15th
.(5/58.
May, 1947.
2. The required information is as follows*-
(a) Number of telegrams despatched by Dubai - 2231 approximately
(b) Number of telegrams received for Dubai - 2478 "
(ONumber of telegrams despatched by Sharjah - 360 "
(d)Number of telegrams received for Sharjah - 490 "
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, S&arjah
Copy sent to P.R. under Endt.
No. C/687 dated 14.6. «47 with
reference to his Memo. No.;901-S
dated 14.5.’47.
Vn
S. 6.
MFP—1515 S&P—(M-2039)—2 -4-35—200,000.
BAHRAIN 'RECEIPT.
.Date
/o. (c

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The file discusses the position of Middle East Telecommunications Adviser, later Attaché, which was created in May 1946, with Herbert Gray Sinclair appointed to the post, but was discontinued in June 1948.

Included in the file are details of the responsibilities of the position; a tour of the Middle East taken by the adviser in 1946; a report on telecommunications in Bahrain and Sharjah in 1947; and a proposal to establish a telephone or telegraph line between Dubai and Sharjah owing to the increased traffic between the two places.

A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 21-23.

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1 file (24 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 24; 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 2-14 and an additional foliation/pagination sequence between ff 15-23; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.

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