File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road' [‎293r] (289/452)

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Telegram P., No. 2115, dated the 3rd (received 4 th) November 1916.
rora The Deputy 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. ,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart-
(Repeated to Basrah )
Bundl° AbbasS section wtil be ^^ 0 !^
tion on Niam-Kerman section begun on same day. distribu-
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{Received with Army Department memorandum No. 14191, dated the 5th
December 1916.)
Telegram P., No. 94899, dated 29th November 1916.
From—The Chief of the General Staff,
To The Officer Commanding, Bunder Abbas.
For Major Rich.
h receive d f rom the Minister at Tehran he states that he has
Tu 4 tTS tha !' ^ 0 U 1 G T sl / er th ^ motor is not practicable on the Daulat-
abad-Baft route and that, pending the settlement of the route for motor traffic
you expect that the selection of the telegraph route will remain in abeyance!
be Lport™ StanCeS Under whicl1 this re Port reached the Minister should please
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{Received with Army Department memorandum No, 14191, dated the 5th
December 1916.)
Telegram No. 101 , dated 1st December 1916.
From—Major Rich, Bunder Abbas,
To—The Chief of the General Staff.
Your 94899. I met telegraph construction officer in Tangizindan and
told him 1 considered motor road could not fellow that route so intended survey
ing a detour through Gulashkird meeting caravan road again at Daulatabad.
He was uncertain if this would mean altering telegraph route through
Tangizindan as line carries telephone wire for connecting up future police
posts along the road so he wired his Director for orders which Director
have referred to Minister. Personally wired nothing to Minister.
must
No. 11807, dated Simla, the 30th November 1916.
Endorsed by Eepartment of Commerce and Industry,
A copy is forwarded to the Foreign and Political and the Army Depart
ments, and to the Accountant General, Posts and Telegraphs, with reference to
the endorsement from this Department No. 9655, dated the 5th October 1916.
Enolo. to Serial No 17.
No. 11806, dated Simla, the 30th November 1916.
From —I. D. Elliott, Esq., I.C.S., Under Secretary to the Government of India,
Department of Commerce and Industry,
To—The Director General of Posts and Telegraphs.
In supersession of the orders contained in my letter No. 9654, dated the
5th October 1916, I am directed to say that the Government of India have