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'FILE NO. 17/14 - Vol-I POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS. WIRELESS STATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARABIAN MAINLAND.' [136r] (276/372)
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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■between H a sa and the outer world. The question of tele
graphic communications lapsed at that time hut was later
revised. Following on correspondence of which the Govern
ment of India and 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.
have full knowledge
His Majesty’s Charge d•Affaires at Jedda addressed a note on
the subject to the Saudi Government on Sent ember ISth. 1934.
A copy of this note was enclosed in Mr.Calvert*s despatch
No.278 of the same date to the Foreign Office and copies of
that despatch and enclosure were sent to the Government of
India and Bushire.
5. A few days after the despatch of Mr.Calvert f s note,
but unite independently of what had passed in Jedda, Fuad
Bay Hamza raised the question of the Jedda Port Sudan cable
in the course of his informal conversations in London. This
led to a suggestion that hP might have a non-committal
exchange of views with Cable and Wireless Limited, who have
replaced the Imperial and International Communications
Company and who have a controlling interest in the Eastern
Telegraph Company. From this exchange of views, which took
place under Sir A.Ryan # s auspices on September 25th, there
emerged a suggestion that Cable and Wireless Limited and the
Saudi Government might engage in negotiations, perhaps in
Jedda, with a view to agreeing on comprehensive arrangements
in regard to the external telegraphic communications, by
wireless and cable, of the whole of the Saudi Arabia.
6. The decision of Cable and Wireless Limited on the
suggestion just mentioned was delayed somewhat by their
perturbation at hearing that the Saudi Government had
established some sort of wireless communication between
Riyadh and Basra, without reference to what had passed in
London. Eventually, however, the Company expressed a wish
that Sir A.Ryan should propose to the Saudi Government that
the latter should invite representatives of the Company to
visit S a udi Arabia to negotiate disagreement. Sir A.Ryan
was instructedto take action accordingly in Foreign Office
telegram No.14 of January 25th. Steps were taken at the
same
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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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