Pol. External Dept 16640/48 'Transfer of the Church of the Epiphany at Bushire' [‎10r] (19/62)

Pol* Ext, 1 7457/48
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COMlvIONWEALTH RELATIONS OFFICE,
DOWNING STREET.
n November, 1948
conne i ction our negotiations for the disposal of consular
le ^~-^ /anted India, Pakistan or the United Kingdom,
Dated 26th October enclosing ) I enclose herewith a copy of a letter from
copies of letter from Bishop ) Fisher of the Foreign Office to the Ministry
in Iran dated September 25th,) of Works, dated 26 th October (and enclosures)
dat ed 8 th July (\;ith encls. ) )
2 * 1 Y ? U see that the suggestion has been made that this Church.
^ 1 C nV S £ art 01 the bushire 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. , should be handed over to
the Church m Iran free of charge. The question has been raised
whether the Governments of India and Pakistan have handed over free of
cnarge to Churches in those dominions, ecclesiatical buildings on
Government land, (e.g. Churches or Chapels in cantonments). " Our
impression is that they have so acted, but we should be grateful if
you (and Slater so far as Pakistan is concerned) would confirm this.
3. We shall probably have to ask you in due course to take up with
the Government of India the question of handing over the Church of
the Epiphany at Bushire free of charge to the Church in Iran.
4. I am sending a copy of this letter to Slater at Karachi,
A, K,
R.w. Selby Esq. ,
Oifice of the High Commissioner
for the United Kingdom
‘ New Delhi.