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Pol. External Dept 16640/48 'Transfer of the Church of the Epiphany at Bushire' [‎4r] (7/62)

The record is made up of 1 file (29 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1948-11 Feb 1949. 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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FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OEFinr:
Sir J. Le Rougetel.
Mo. 25.
9th Janusry, 1949.
LviPORTANT
D: 8.22 o.m.lOth January,1949.
R: 9.42 a.m.10th January,1949,
Bushiro town 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. .
Ross s letter to Fisher 247/131/48 of December 8th
and paragraph / (3) of memorandum forwarded under my
number 35/85/48 of June 7th, 1948.
/, n h8S rasde offer of rials 700,000
tnaii ot 1,400,000; for town 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. including small
electric plant with tools, water tanks and fixtures other
tnan ^ 1 , 0 . fans supplied from Habbaniya (see your telegram
No 298 of 1948). He has deposited half of the sum
oiiered and draft agreement is being drav/n up,
2. Land on which C.M.S. church stands plus two rooms
and o > little open ground adjoining would be leased rent
1 2 p.iich-iK rpC 'r^f° r . s 9 f°Pg as the church is maintained
at Bushiro. This provision is acceptable to Mr. Sharpe.
4 . J hope to learn at the earliest possible moment
that this offer, which is the outcome of a year’s waiting
and much negotiation, is acceptable to the Governments
concerned.
4. Unless you consider more explicit instructions in
regard to the church are called for, please repeat this
telegram^to the United Kingdom High Commissioners at
New Delhi and Karachi with authority to communicate its
substance to the Governments of India and Pakistan.
■5* Please see also my immediately following telegram
repeating my telegram No. 3 to Bushire.
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This file contains correspondence relating to the intended de-consecration and sale of the Church of the Epiphany at Bushire in 1948. The majority of the papers discuss the need to dispose of the building as the rest of the 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. compound is put up for sale. Some papers discuss means of preserving the church despite the sale of the other buildings in the compound by transferring its buildings to the ownership of the Church in Iran.

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1 file (29 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; 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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