Coll 20/25 'Muscat: Kalat-Gwadar Relations' [147r] (293/407)
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Copy of a confidential expr^eii letter:No«429-S/3-N,S./37,
dated 4th June 1938 f from Baluchistan, Zierat, to Foreign,
Simla.
"Gwadur-Kalat Boundary'’.
Reference your Sxpresa Letter No.D.1941-N/38
dated the 31st May 1938.
(1) Agree that on Kalat side negotiations would hare
to be rm&e by Ck>Yt. of India. Presumably Kaiat adviser would
be attached to Indian Cooinisaioner.
(2) Believe that it has been decided that Central Grovt.
bears expenses of demarcation of external frontier of India.
(3) As Kalat has gained one of its main objects in
establishment of Jiunri and has many other possible oil
bearing areas do not consider Khan will be anxious for
demarcation.See my telegram 72 of 12th u4ay 1938.
(4) Similarly Muscat has apparently abandoned, idaa of
oil concession (see papers sent with your endorsement F.
206-N/38, dated the 25th May 1938) and presumably Sultan
will not press for demarcation either.
(5) Ihere will be no use in having accurate map prepared
until agreement of both parties is obtained to 0onmission.
ENCLOSUrtE IN
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY'S
Letter No. 10 7
Dated 23 JUN
Received 11 Jw 18u8
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Correspondence, notes, and memoranda relating to relations between Kalat State and Gwadur [Gwadar], the latter being part of the Sultan of Muscat's territory.
- the Kalat State's request for postal and telegraphic offices to be established at Jiuni [Jīwanī] and for British India Steam Navigation Company steamers to make fortnightly calls there
- the Burmah Oil Company Limited's application for an oil prospecting licence in the Gwadur area
- the demarcation of the boundary between the two territories, necessitated largely by oil exploration
- the Sultan's complaints about a blockade of Gwadur by the Kalat State and encroachments over the border by Kalat State officials and American geologists
- arrangements for a meeting between the Sultan of Muscat and the Khan of Kalat (which never took place)
- the Royal Air Force's use of facilities in Gwadur and Jiwani
- the question of the strategic importance of Gwadur to the British and whether to induce the Sultan to sell the enclave back to the Kalat State
- the status of Kalat following India's independence and the creation of the Dominion of Pakistan, including a memorandum by the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, dated 12 September 1947, that deals with the legislative and political relations between certain 'Princely States' and the Dominion of India (folios 42-51).
The principal correspondents include the Government of India (External Affairs Department), Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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 Kalat and Chagai, Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, 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, Admiralty, Air Ministry, British Agent at Gwadur, Commonwealth Relations Office, and the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Pakistan.
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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 203; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-203; these numbers are also written in pencil and circle.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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