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Coll 28/100 ‘Persia. Supply to Persian Govt of certain Survey of India maps in the category “For official use only”’ [19r] (37/60)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 23 Mar 1937-11 Nov 1938. 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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
External Affairs Department.
P. 7 .1
4730 i
,1937
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
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[N B .—This is an ORIGINAL message sent by AIR MAIL which provides a means of communication more
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated,
on receipt, toith the same expedition as if it had been teleraphed. To save time and to obviaU
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.]
D.2550-N./37 simla
Dated the
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7937.
To
His Majesty's Secretary of State for Ir3ia,
London.
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Proposed supply of certain maps
ox Iran to the Iranian Government
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Reference express letter from the Govern
ment of India in the External Affairs Department
No.D.2550-N./37, dated the 30th June 1937.
The Government of India regret that they are
unable to agree to the supply of the maps mentioned
in paragraph 1 of Foreign Office letter No.E.1665/
1665/34,dated the 24th March 1937 to the Iranian
Government at the moment.
The whole question of "For Official Use
Only" maps is however being reconsidered and a further
communication will be sent in due course.
• •••••••«
The issue of the above has been authorised.
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Correspondence and papers relating to a request made in January 1937 by the Iranian Government to the British Government, for maps of Iran from the Survey of India, currently marked as being for official use only. Much of the correspondence is between the Foreign Office and 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. /Government of India, and discusses: precedents to the request (specifically, a request for Survey of India maps from the Afghan Government in 1936); the Government of India’s refusal of the Iranian Government’s request in August 1937, due to the continued military importance of the maps in question; a long delay in responding to the Iranian Government’s request, which remained unanswered until November 1938.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (28 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3511
- Title
- Coll 28/100 ‘Persia. Supply to Persian Govt of certain Survey of India maps in the category “For official use only”’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:28v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence