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Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G. Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’ [‎93r] (185/277)

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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iiOm 432,
tiah Lagatlon,
fat}tam^#r 9th. 193X,
My Lord arqueaa,
With reference to Hr* Hondarson’ a tolegrnxs
Bo» 133 of ^u^goiat 12th and to tho Oororment of India* s
tologram ^o. 2109*3 of /u/guat 2>th to tho India Off loo,
regarding tho draft tolo&r&ph a^roewiont 4 X have tho honour
to traaamit to Your Lordahlp, horowlth, a copy of tho not#
which X addressed to tho Mlaiator for Foreign Affaire upon
tho rooolpt of tho termor telegram, as well &s a copy of
tho text which 1 enclosed therewith. His Highness
recently interned mo that he hoped soon to be able to notify
his acceptance of this text and X preBune that the two
telegrams quoted above give mo, between thorn, (authority
to sign tho agroemont as soon as h® is ready to do so.
2* In tho wean while, however, X have bocorae somowhat
uueasy at the attitude of tho Persian covemment towards
tho Importation of tho Imperial and International eortmwiea-
tlons Company’s official stores (o*f. Article 4, paragraph
2)« Considerable delay is occurring in the admission of
those stores in oonnoxlon with tho issue of tho necessary
licences uudor tho frado Monopoly Law* For instance,
permission for the importation of seven oases of purely
technical stores, which ware being hold up at Bushire, (Th&rba*
and Jack, was originally sought in May of this year; after an
interval of 3 months, punctuated by constant reminders, the
Ministry
fhe Meet Honourable
Die Marquess of Beading, O.C.B*,
ete., etc., etc.,
fhe Foreign Office

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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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1 file (136 folios)
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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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Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G. Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’ [‎93r] (185/277), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3423, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043624983.0x0000bc> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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