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Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur' [‎22r] (43/118)

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The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1947-14 Oct 1949. 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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GOHPIDBNTIAL
Dear Harrison,
PORSIGN OPPIGH, S.W.1.
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29th Octob61*^^1948.
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or 30 th June last on the subject of Postal and
Telegraph arrangements at Gwadur.
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2. As you know. Gable and Wireless are willing to take
over the services at Gwadur if we wish them to and the
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , had already expressed "his
approval of the proposal in his letter No. 23 of 22nd
•I April, a cooy of which was sent to you with our
lloJV 2832/2301/804 of 3rd May.
3. We wrote to the Resident, telling him of the
Government of Pakistan’s approach to you and asked
him for suggestions for the form our reply should take
in view of our having previously asked Pakistan to
undertake these services and our being now hard put to
produce cogent reasons for asking them to retire in
favour of Cable and Wireless. We pointed out that the
isoue was a political one and that it seemed doubtful
if the Sultan of Muscat would wish the Govern-nent of
Pakistan to gain a permanent foothold in Gwadur.
The Resident replied that the Sultan himself
appeared to have no strong views, though he was not
much impressed with the efficiency of the Gwadur post
Office. With regard to our reply to Pakistan, the
Resident was of the opinion that, as we could not use
the only cogent reason for the proposal, the political
one, we must fall back on the domestic one, that as
His Majesty’s Government had taken over all the other
post-offices in the Gulf States on behalf of their rulers,
the Sultan would also want Gwadur included in the scheme.
The Resident anticipated that Pakistan might make life
difficult for Gwadur if this occurred but he felt that,
if we agreed, he should put the question up to the Sultan
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P.A.K. Harrison Ssq.,
Commonwealth Relations Office.

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The file concerns arrangements for the opening of a post and telegraph office at Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan], operated by Cable and Wireless, and the telegraph lines between Muscat and Gwadur.

The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat, 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 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 Foreign Office, the UK General Post Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the Government of Pakistan, and Cable and Wireless Limited.

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1 file (56 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. There are notes at the beginning of the file, on folios 2-3. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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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 58; 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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