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Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G. Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’ [91r] (181/277)
The record is made up of 1 file (136 folios). It was created in 28 May 1931-13 May 1932. 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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Copy of Sg dated 16,9 f 31 from Manager,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Karachi, to Resident C/0 Officer in Charge, Bushire and Copies
to Officers in Charge, Jask, Charbar and Henjam.
13/112 aaa Confidential begins from Jask quote Customs prevented
landing of stores oniered in Karachi on strength of notification
reported in my 129/31 ultimo saying that we also should present
authority from Teheran stop purchase of fruit vegetables etc
from Mail totally prohibited today on orders from Bunderabbas stop
Received applications from Staff for relief or immediate transfer
wnich will be posted unquote stop Cask’s 129/31 repeated to you
vide my 213/8th instant stop Beg you will take up question most
urgently by telegram with Teheran and London and end this most
deplorable situation immediately stop None of staff's or Company's
goods being passed and I most emphatically reiterate that position
is positively untenable stop Impossible accept responsibility
for maintenance Gulf Communications unless immediate relief
afforded stop Staif at Jask and Henjam have had no vegetables or
fruit for ages and are virtually on starvation diet because of
impossible attitude of Persian Officials stop Am informed attitude
local officials most unfriendly and at Jask positively hostile
stop Whole attitude appears to be deliberately aimed at forcing
us abandon our position on Gulf lines of communication which will
probably be a fait accompli before long unless importation of all
foodstuffs clothing official stores etc is permitted without
restriction very soon stop I again most respectfully beg and urge
immediate action.
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Correspondence relating to food and supply shortages suffered by staff of the Indo-European Telegraph Department manning telegraph stations along the Persian coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file’s principal correspondents include 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. (John Gilbert Laithwaite), Imperial and International Communications Limited (J O Stevens Perry), the British Legation at Tehran (Charles Dodd, Lacy Baggallay, Reginald Hervey Hoare), and the Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter, George William Rendel). The shortages were a result of the introduction by the Persian Government of a Trade Monopoly Law, banning the import of goods into Persia without goods of equivalent value being exported in the opposite direction. The correspondence focuses on the wording of the Telegraphs Agreement under negotiation between the British and Persian Governments, classification of official stores, and the issue of import licenses for supplies. The file includes lists of the private stores (ff 119-122) and official stores (ff 109-112) for staff of Imperial and International Communications Limited, based at telegraph stations in Bushire, Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Jask, and Charbar [Chabahar].
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 138; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G. Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’
- Pages
- 90r:91v
- Author
- Cable and Wireless Ltd (xx Imperial and International Communications Limited)
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