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Coll 29/30 'Supply of Reuter's news to posts in Persia after withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department; wireless set for Bushire Residency' [84r] (167/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1930-6 Dec 1937. 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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No* 264 .
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p.
44 u
Tehran*
lot June, 1931.
Sir,
V
With reference to Hr. Parr* a tele grant
No. 40 of ^areh 10th last regarding the supply of news
to His Majesty’s Legation, I have the honour to transmit
— to you herewith a copy of a letter from Reuters Limited
to Mr. George, the local representative of His Majesty’s
Office of *orks who Is Reuter’s Agent here, on the
question of picking up and utilising Reuter’s wireless
news service transmitted from Pugby. Hitherto, the
Legation wireless operator has picked up not only the
British Official wireless news, but Reuters also. (He
lias taken two of the three week-day emissions, vist
14*00 hours, CUM*?*, 250 words, 19*00 hours G.M.T.,
700 words; he has not taken the 23*00 hours fl.M*?.,
250 words emission, nor the Sunday emission).
?4r. George has produced typed - ’Roneoed’ - copies of these
two services, British Official and Reuters combined,
under the title "British Hews” without any acknowledgement
to or mention of Reuter’s, and has distributed them to
members of this Legation and to certain Consular Officers
(by post) viz: Reaht, Kerrn&nshah, Ramadan, Tabriz; to
the Ministry of Education, the itshah, and five local
newspapers, free of charge; and to foreign Legations,
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and four British
institutions against payment of a subscription. This
distribution, at current rates of subscription, just
/manages
The Right Honourable
Arthur Henderson, M.F.,
The Foreign office.
i
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The file concerns the supply of news to the British Legation in Tehran and the British consulates in Persia after the withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department.
The file covers:
- proposal to employ an Armenian operator to supply wireless service to Tehran Legation
- provision of a wireless set for the Political 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.
- Statements comparing the Expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Iran in the year 1934-1935 with that in the previous year (folios 11-24)
- monthly allowance to a signaller in the Bushire 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. Office for the maintenance of the wireless set there.
The file is composed of correspondence between the British Legation in Tehran, Reuters, Imperial and International Communications, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, 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. , and the Treasury.
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- 1 file (144 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 for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 146; 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/12/3591
- Title
- Coll 29/30 'Supply of Reuter's news to posts in Persia after withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department; wireless set for Bushire Residency'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:57v, 60r:86v, 90r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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