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Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur' [‎36r] (71/118)

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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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SIGNER FOR PAKISTAN,
16 FITZHARDINGE STREET,
LONDON, W.U^.
Telephone: WELBECK 0791. Ext.
Telegrams : PANIC, WESDO. LONDON.
Cables : PANIC, LONDON.
23rd June, 1948.
In your reply please quote
Department,
Reference.
hoy
The High Commissioner for Pakistan presents his
compliments to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations,
and has the honour to refer to his express letter Ext. 807/48
dated .larch 30th, 1948. In paragraph three of the letter,
enquiries were made as to whether the Government of Pakistan
would be agreeable to Messrs. Cable and Wireless Ltd. ,
establishing a small 7/lreless Station at Gwadur, and taking
over from the Pakistan Government the Posts and Telegraphs
business there.
The Government of Pakistan have given their careful
consideration to the question, and have stated as follows:
"A year ago, prior to Partition, it was agreed that
the United Kingdom Government should take over the
administration of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including the run
ning of the Posts and Telegraphs, and with the concurrence
of the Government of India that the Pakistan Government
should continue to administer the Posts and Telegraphs until
the United Kingdom Government were in a position to take
them over. The Government of Pakistan agreed to this
arrangement for jeasons of territorial affinity and other
allied considerations.
’’The United Kingdom Government subsequently proposed,
in SECRO Express Letter No. Ext. 2215/47 dated October
16 th, 1947> that the administration of the Posts and
Telegraphs services in Gwadur should remain in the hands
of the Government of Pakistan. We are ourselves disposed
to agree with that proposal in view of the administrative
considerations involved, and we feel that as Gwadur is
on its lanl frontiers, entirely surrounded by what is now
Pakistan, with which it has close trade and commercial
/connections

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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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