Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim' [41r] (81/121)
The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1932-26 Nov 1936. It was written in English and French. 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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97902/32.
2 .
O
December
Sir
I am directed by Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-
Lister to transmit to you, for your observations, a cod£
of the correspondence noted in the margin regarding the
desire of the Imam of the Yemen to re-establish cable
communication between Sheikh Said and Perim.
2 * I am to invite your attention particularly to
paragraph 2 of the letter from the Foreign Office of the
14th of December and to enquire whether you consider it
likely that the Imam would be able to obtain the
desired cable communication through any other
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in
the event of the Eastern Telegraph Company suspending
negotiations in compliance with a request made by Pis
Majesty’s G-overnment.
3.
Copies of this letter are being sent to the
Foreign
THE CONTROLLER-GENERAL,
DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE.
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The file concerns the re-establishment of cable communication between Sheikh Said and the island of Perim [Yemen], proposed by the ruler of Yemen in 1932, and negotiations with Eastern Telegraph Company Limited.
The file contains correspondence between: the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited; 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. ; the Colonial Office; 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. at Aden; the Department of Overseas Trade; the Board of Trade; and the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
There are letters in French, from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of the Kingdom of Yemen and the International Telecommunications Union.
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- 1 file (59 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 60; 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/12/4129
- Title
- Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 12r:49v, 59r:60v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence