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Coll 28/5 ‘Railways &c; Mirjawa-Duzdap section of Duzdap Railway; Effect on roads’ [191r] (392/870)
The record is made up of 1 volume (428 folios). It was created in 14 Mar 1931-12 Jul 1934. It was written in English and French. 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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j t is requested that in any further command-
Hon on this subject the under-mentioned letter
d, number may be quoted, and the reply
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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.
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The Under Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
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.
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London, 8. W. 1.
P. Z.1723/32.
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WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.Wa 1.
29tH March, 1952.
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Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to
acknowledge receipt of your letter of 16th March, E. 1111/208/54,
on the subject of the Persian treaty negotiations. A copy of
this letter has been sent to the Oovemment of India, who should
receive it before the end of the month, and Sir Samuel Hoare,
before comitting himself to a final expression of opinion on the
comprehensive issues now raised, would wish to ascertain their
general views. But he desires in the meantime to offer to Sir
John Simon the following provisional observations on the various
points mentioned in your letter which he has examined seriatim .
2. He concurs in the view expressed in para. 2 and has no
consent to njake on the lucid and convenient summary of desiderata
detailed in paras. 5 and 4, except that it seems right to add the
general advantages to be gained by Persia by consolidating her
friendship with this country, and the enhancement of her
international prestige from the conclusion of a comprehensive
treaty with His Majesty* s Government on a, basis of reciprocity
and equality. It may perhaps be legitimately assumed that the
Persian Government (whatever their ostensible attitude) are not
blind to these potential advantages and, if so, this iact, iar
more than any individual concession, should provide them with an
inducement to meet the very moderate requirements of His Majesty*!
Government.
3. As regards para. 5 of your letter, Sir Sarmiel Hoare,
while agreeing that sgpi© of the particular concessions ofiereo ta
Persia are of more importance than others, considers that taken
together they cannot be regarded as without substantial value.
The War and post-War debt is admittedly unlikely to be paid oy
Persia, but it is in the eyes of His Majesty's Government a
legitimate claim, baaed on the agreement of 1926, and it the
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Papers relating to the transfer of ownership of the railway line running between Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] and Duzdap [Zahedan] in eastern Persia [Iran], from the Government of India to the Persian Government.
The volume begins with reports of interruptions to monthly rations trains, prompting the Government of India to close down the line. The remainder of the correspondence covers negotiations for the transfer and reopening of the railway:
- The impact of the railway’s closure on trade, water supply to the region, smuggling, road traffic.
- The British Government’s initial desire to use the transfer of the railway as a quid pro quo for an extension to the south Persia air route used by Imperial Airways.
- Statements showing income and losses made by the railway between 1923 and 1931 (ff 205-208).
- A report by John Gilbert Laithwaite of 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. , undated but likely written in early 1933, containing a comprehensive summary to date of agreements and operations of the railway, between the Government of India and the Persian Government (ff 132-148).
- A copy of an agreement for the sale of railway plant and rolling stock, with a list of equipment, quantity and prices (quoted in Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ) (ff 94-104).
- Draft copies of an agreement (in French) for the transfer of the railway.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Reginald Hervey Hoare); the British Vice-Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly); 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. (Laithwaite); the Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter; George William Rendel).
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- 1 volume (428 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 428; 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 present between ff 391-428 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The front and back covers, along with the two leading flyleaves and single ending flyleaf, have not been foliated.
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- Title
- Coll 28/5 ‘Railways &c; Mirjawa-Duzdap section of Duzdap Railway; Effect on roads’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:5v, 7r:17v, 19r:24r, 26v:40v, 46r:68v, 75r:79v, 82r:93v, 104r:163v, 166r:184v, 186r:187v, 189r:273v, 276r:284v, 285v:323v, 325r:406v, 408r:428v, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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