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Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah' [‎55v] (112/179)

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The record is made up of 1 file (88 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947. 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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the maintemnce of a public wireless
station at Shargah (and, indeed,
some possible advantage) so long as
it is placed on a regular basis and
the Sheikh’s consent obtained. On
general grounds we are, however,
definitely inclined to think that
there is much to be saia for the
i concentration of responsibility for
public wireless arrangements in the
Gulf under I. & I.G. and if possible
we should have preferred that
responsibility for the Shargah
station should be taken over by them.
I understand from you, however, that
this could not be done save at the
cost of a subsidy which the Air Ministry
are ruturally very reluctant to have
to pay and furtner that, while it may
be anomalous that Imperial Airways
should be responsible for running a
private station, there is no
objection of principle to their doing
so if/circumstances seem to make this
desirable.
4. After discussion the general
sense of the meeting was that it was
desirable to retain a public station
at Shargah, subject to the Sheikh’s
consent being obtained and to the
necessary steps being taken (through
the Government of India) to notify
its existence to Berne; that in
principle there seemed to be strong
arguments in favour of the
concentration under I.& I.C. of
7
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The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.

The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.

The file is composed of correspondence between: 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. ; 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. , Trenchard Craven William Fowle; the Secretary of State for India; Imperial Airways; the Air Ministry; the Admiralty; the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the General Post Office; and Cable and Wireless Limited.

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1 file (88 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 89; 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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