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Coll 29/104 'Appointment of an Indian to the Tehran Legation (First Secretary or Trade Commissioner)' [‎102r] (203/243)

The record is made up of 1 file (120 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1940-11 Dec 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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INDEXED
i 1940
TEHRAN.
19th October, 1940.
My dear Baggallay,
Please see Garoe’s letter to Peel, No. D.O. F.493-N/39
dated the 10th September, about my suggestion that an Indian
r Jrade Commissioner should be appointed to Tehran.
I did not know that the Government of India paid
half the salary of the Commercial Secretary at Tehran.
In that case the appointment of a Trade Commissioner
would mean that His Majesty’s Government would have to
pay more for their Commercial Secretary, and I could not
be responsible for that in these expensive days. My
proposal then falls to the ground, for the present at
The financial aspect apart it had great advantages,
in view of the growing possibilities of trade between Iran
and India, at least in war time. Nor was the suggestion
that an Indian Trade Commissioner should keep an eye on
the Indian community as far-fetched as it might seem at
first sight. Nearly all the Indians here are in business
and most of them trade with India, so that the Trade
Commissioner would meet most of the community in the
course of his work and would naturally use his influence,
based on a closer knowledge than we possess, with them.
The alternative suggestion, that a member of the
Indian Political should be appointed to the staff of the
Legation in Tehran, is I think open to more than one
objection. If he were additional to the present staff
he would have little to do, while the substitution of
such an officer for a First Secretary trained in Foreign
Office ways would not be satisfactory. Caroe perhaps
made his suggestion in the belief that a very large
proportion of the work of the Legation directly concerns
the Government of India. I have not made an analysis,
but speaking off-hand I must say that that belief is far
from the ftucts, and while it is true that an Indian
Political might find ways in which the interests of the
H.L. BAGGALLAY, ESq.
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The file concerns the proposal of the Government of India to appoint an Indian as Trade Representative (or First Secretary) at the HM Legation at Tehran. After discussions and arrangements, the appointment was made in 1945.

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 HM 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 (120 folios)
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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 121; 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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