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Coll 27/17 ‘Passports. Rules governing the issue of diplomatic visas.’ [13r] (26/69)
The record is made up of 1 file (31 folios). It was created in 3 Oct 1928-13 Feb 1947. 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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FILE COPY.
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FOREIGN OFFICE. 3.W. 1.
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(T 22263/4/378).
Dear Owain Jones,
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Ext. 7>679/L6
of the 13th
of the issue of diplomatic passports,
We are still opposed in principle to the
introduction of such passports. The main reason for
our attitude, and in our view the decisive reason,
is the difficulty of framing and sticking to the
categories of people entitled to diplomatic passports.
It would be practically impossible to confine them to
persons genuinely travelling on diplomatic or government
business, and we are quite certain that the introduction
of diplomatic passports would lead to endless trouble
with people who, though not falling within the category
of persons entitled to diplomatic passports, would
expect to receive exceptional treatment.,
Another reason for not issuing diplomatic passports
is ourctesire to retain unimpaired the advantage of
being able to tell foreign government officials that
we have only one class of passport for all British
subjects. This argument has frequently helped us to
deal effectively with foreigners (official or
non-official) who have sought to claim, on the mere
possession of a diplomatic passport, the privilege of
a diplomatic visa. We know from ex erience that many
W.R. Owain Jones, Esq.,
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.
.
/foreign
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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the issue of diplomatic visas, including correspondence regarding visits to India by Russian diplomats in Kabul.
It includes correspondence between the following: 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. and 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. and the Government of India External Affairs Department; and between HM Minister, Kabul, and the Government of India External Affairs Department.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (31 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3378
- Title
- Coll 27/17 ‘Passports. Rules governing the issue of diplomatic visas.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:33v, back, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence