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Coll 29/110 'Lingah Consular Agency: and appointment of officer to control wireless station at Jask' [‎44v] (89/143)

The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 30 Dec 1942-8 Jan 1946. 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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MINUTE.
In December last the Naval and Security Authorities, Middle
East, drew attention to the danger of leaving the wireless stations
at Lingah and Jask (on the southern shore of Persia) under the sole
control of the Persian Government (Minister of State*s telegram
No ,636 of December 29th). It was explained that some evidence
existed that Japanese submarines had been reconnoitring the waters
round the mouth of the Gulf, and that there was in consequence a | >
possibility that these wireless stations were being used by enemy *
agents (Minister of Stateb telegram No,33 of January 3 th; see also
paragraph 1 of Minbranch telegram No. 19 of February 5 th).
2, In the ensuing correspondence the Foreign Office, the Minister
of State, H.M, Minister, Tehran, the Persia and Iraq Command and 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. were all agreed that these
stations should not remain any longer uncontrolled. There was,
however, some difference of opinion as to the action to be taken.
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. has consistently recommended that some British
authority should take over the control of the two stations, so as to
enable legitimate civilian traffic to continue. In his telegram
No. 6 ll of February 6 th he reinforced this recommendation by pointing
out that wireless v/ould be needed both for the coast watching scheme
which the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , had asked him to
institute and for the anti-locust campaign. The local Naval and
Military Authorities, on the other hand, have been inclined to
emphasise the great difficulties inherent both in this solution and . .
in that of leaving the stations to be worked by the Persian Authorities f &u£/yk
censorship. They have accordingly favoured the
immediate closing down of both stations.
3. It now appears that 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. 's view has prevailed.
The proposals now under consideration are contained in Tehran telegram
to him No.43 of February 23rd, on which the Foreign Office have
invited our observations. These proposals may be summarised as
follows:-
(a) That the Lingah Consular Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. should be reopened, the Agent
controlling the wireless station. (The Foreign Office are inclined
to agree that this official is the same as the "censorship official"
mentioned in paragraph 2 of the Tehran telegram, which says that the
Persian Government have agreed to his controlling the Lingah station).
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(b) That the Jask station should be dismantled, sealed up and
stored with the Police. (The Persian Government are said to have
already given instructions to this effect). Later, if a suitable 1^ J
officer be found, the station may be reopened under his control. |' €u 'f' x *' nr ' ^ ^ >
4* The Government of India's telegram below agrees to these & fU.
proposals in principle w^the understanding that the expenditure of ^ tb
involved will be shar^jbetween Imperial, and Indian Revenues, in « . " . »
accordance with the arrangements for the allocation of diplomatic and 5 ^**
consular expenditure in Persia. Presumably the sum involved will not 3 oA
be large, and it may well be that it is covered by the arrangement ^ 'j*
under which, as a war measure, the Government of India can themselves ^ 0*0 . T
sanction expenditure of this sort up to a limit of £ 1,000 a year at
each individual post. Probably, however, they have addressed their
telegram to the Secretary of State because of the wider issues
involved and because the proposals (at least so far as Jask is
concerned) fall somewhat outside what is usually understood as
diplomatic and consular expenditure. In any case there seems no
reason vdiy the Secretary of State should differ from the Government of
India and a draft letter is submitted passing on their telegram to the
Foreign Office with his blessing.
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The file concerns consular expenditure in Persia, the reopening in 1943 of the Lingah [Bandar Lengeh, Iran] Consular Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , the re-opening of a Wireless Station at Jask in 1943, and the appointment of an officer to control Lingah wireless station.

The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between 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. , the British Legation at Tehran, 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 Secretary of State for India, and the Government of India.

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1 file (68 folios)
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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 71; 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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