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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”’ [25r] (49/60)
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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Minute Paper.
political Department.
H
Mr. Glauson,
You will probably wish to deal with this
yourself. You may like to have the following Note
regarding discussions with the Commandant of the
Afghan Air Force on the subject of maps.
On 22nd December the Afghan Minister asked the
Foreign Office whether the Air Ministry could make
available to the Afghan Government fifty sets of maps
of Afghanistan on the scale of 4-miles = 1-inch, and
if these were not available then the maps in use by the
R.A.F. The point was subsequently discussed between
Mohammad Ihsan Khan and the Air Ministry, and on 10th
February Squadron Leader Darvall wrote to the former
and said: "Regarding maps of Afghanistan, we have
ascertained that there is a 4 M to the mile scale map
of Afghanistan in existence which is printed in India,
based on a very old survey of Afghanistan and published
at the price of Rs.l As.2 per sheet. Eighty of these
sheets comprise a complete map of Afghanistan. Whether
it is still in print or not, we do not know. There is
also a 16-mile to the inch series comprising eight
sheets at Rs.3 per sheet. This map is also published
in India, and it is probable that stocks are maintained
and available. We suggest that the question of supply
of these maps should be taken up in India on your
return to that country where details will be
immediately available, and we do not anticipate that
there will be any difficulty in your being provided
with them." * On 22nd February I wrote demi-official^y
to Major Hay asking him to let us know whether the
Survey of India are in a position to sell to the
Afghan Government one hundred sets (the Afghan
demands/
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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.
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- 1 file (28 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate 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 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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- 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
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