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File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’ [259v] (523/640)
The record is made up of 1 volume (316 folios). It was created in 29 Mar 1912-27 Jul 1915. It was written in English and French. 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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250
Mr. Warden Morice’s Letter.
H. E. tlie Minister the Colonies,
Madrid.
Sir,
Madrid, 21 st February 1879.
On the 14th instant I had the honour to present to your Excellency a
proposal of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, and of
the Company which owns and works the great submarine telegraph lines of
the Indies, China and Australia, relative to the laying and working of a
telegraphic cable between Hong Kong and the Island of Luzon.
I was anxious to include in my proposal a very important concession in
favoui of the State, viz., that of the absolute freedom from charge of all
official messages during the 40 years of the concession, and I had already
written to London in that sense, but, owing to the difficulty of getting together
the Boards of the two companies, and submitting my indication for their
approval, it was only this morning that 1 received a telegram sanctioning my
suggestion. ^
. Although the last article of the Royal Decree of the 14th December
stipulates that the Council of Ministers will select the proposal which they
consider most advantageous to the State, having regard chiefly to the question
ol the subvention, your Excellency will readily perceive that the concession
which I have now the honour tor offer, surpasses by a great deal an insio-ni-
hcant diminution of the monthly sum payable to the Concessionary, or a
slight reduction of the number of years mentioned in the 11 th Article of the
schedule of conditions.
. M y present offer being therefore highly advantageous to the State, and
it being in evidence that I have already undertaken, in the name of the
companies which I represent, to establish the telegraphic communication
m 18 months, and considering, moreover, the high position of the companies,
and the undoubted guarantee which they offer in connection with the laying
and working of the projected cable, I trust that your Excellency, consulting
the best interests of the valuable Colony of the Philippines, will sanction the
amendments of my tender in the sense indicated; the 16th Article of the
schedule of conditions being altered therefore to the following form
Article 16.
The official correspondence of the Government will be transmitted free of
charge through the cable, and with right of priority, during the 40 years of
the concession.
W. Warden Morjce.
British Government accorded, in return for landing-rights at Hong Kong,
priority of transmission for their telegrams, and right, in case of
emergency, to take possession of the Hong Kong Station on payment
of reasonable compensation.
(Slight modification of conditions under which cable was to be laid.)
To the Managing Director of the Telegraph
Construction and Maintenance Company.
Sir,
Legacion do Espana en Londres,
19th May 1879.
I am instructed by the Spanish Government to forward to you the
enclosed document concerning the laying down of a telegraphic cable between
Manila and Hong-Kong. I am further desired to call your attention to the
advisability of your appointing a representative of the Company at Madrid,
to correspond directly with the Government, as stated in clause 19th of the
Conditions for the Tender.
I am, &c.,
Marquis de Casa Laiglesia.
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British government officials about the Italian Government’s support for proposals by the British company Marconi, initially in association with the German company Telefunken, to establish a network of wireless (radio) telegraph stations in Persia. The main correspondents are ministers and senior officials at the Foreign Office and the 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. in London, the Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department headquarters in London, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India at Calcutta, the British Minister to Persia at Tehran (also spelt Teheran) and the British Ambassador to Russia at Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]. The correspondents discuss the harm that would be caused to the British monopoly on telegraphic installations and communications between India, Southern Persia (referred to as the British zone) and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in the event that the Marconi Company was successful in obtaining a concession (licence) from the Persian Government, with the concurrence of the Russian Government. Included in the volume is a copy of the Marconi proposals, written in French and presented by the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1914. At the end of the volume is a copy of the General Post Office publication ‘Cable communication: further print of Concessions Granted in Foreign Countries accompanying memorandum of 13th October 1899, comparing General Forms of License for landing cables in the United Kingdom and various Licenses or Concessions for landing cables in British Possessions or Foreign Countries’, printed in October 1905.
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- 1 volume (316 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3632 (Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia) consists of one volume.
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 318; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/298
- Title
- File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:68v, 70r:80v, 86v:317v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence