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Coll 28/23 ‘Relations with H.M.G: Negotiations 1928–31 Withdrawal of I.E.T Dept.’ [‎108r] (220/822)

The record is made up of 1 volume (407 folios). It was created in 29 May 1931-12 Nov 1936. It was written in English, French and Persian. 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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; 5392/64/34)
confidential.
TREATY CHAMBERS,
WHITEHALL, S.W.l.
14tn October, 1932.
Dear Coote ,
While I was away from the Office last week
Thompson sent you a copy of a memorandum handed in by
Mr. Dennison Pender at the meeting of the Imperial
Communications Advisory Committee on the 4th October
last on the position of the I and I.C. in Persia. On
the 11th October he sent you a copy of a letter from
Welch of the Post Office on the same subject.
The diffici Ities referred to by the Company
appear to have arisen since the signing of the Convention
in February last and there appears to have been some
discussion with Departments of which I x^crsonally am not
cognizant. The Treasury interest seems prima facie
to be confined to the suggestion that H.M.G. should pay
the cost of registration of the subsidiary Persian
Company if formed, but we shall clearly have to give
the Advisory Committee a lead as to the reply which
the Committee should make to Mr. Dennison Pender.
May I take it that I shall receive in due course from
you the necessary material on which to base a communication
to the Advisory Committee?
Yours etc.,
(SOD) F.P. ROBINSON.
Coote, Esq.
Foreign Office.

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Correspondence and other papers concerning the drafting of an agreement between the Governments of Britain and Persia [Iran], concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, and the subsequent taking over of cables and equipment in Persia by the Persian Government. The agreement covers: the costs of daily use of the cables; maintenance of the cable between Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; transit dues for communications sent between Iraq and India; access to Gulf ports by cable ships. The papers include:

  • Multiple drafts of the agreement, in French. A printed copy of the final agreement in French and English translation, dated 17 February 1932, is included (ff 141-144).
  • Correspondence concerning difficulties in maintaining an import of supplies to telegraph stations in Persia.
  • Registration of the Imperial and International Communications Company Limited (IICC) in Persia.
  • Discussion amongst British officials over the merits of abandoning cable communication in the Gulf, and closing down the telegraph stations on the Persian coast of the Gulf, in favour of using wireless communications.
  • Correspondence from 1932 concerning the costs of repairs to the Henjam-Bandar Abbas cable, incurred by IICC/Cable & Wireless Limited, and charged against the Persian Government.

The volume’s principal correspondents are: 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. (John Gilbert Laithwaite); the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Charles Dodd; Reginald Hervey Hoare); the Indo-European Telegraph Department (Maurice George Simpson); the Indo-European Telegraph Company (which became the IICC, and from 1935, Cable & Wireless Limited (J O Stevens Perry; Ralph Lawson)).

The volume contains a single item in Persian (f 82), being an order issued by the Shah of Persia, dated 28 Khordad 1311 (equivalent to 18 June 1932), ratifying the Indo-European Telegraph Department agreement.

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1 volume (407 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 inside back cover with 409; 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 also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English, French and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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Coll 28/23 ‘Relations with H.M.G: Negotiations 1928–31 Withdrawal of I.E.T Dept.’ [‎108r] (220/822), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3420, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054870588.0x000015> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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