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Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration' [142r] (284/452)
The record is made up of 1 file (222 folios). It was created in 4 Nov 1930-21 May 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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^ and that even on the terns proposed the Government of India will
oe involved in very heavy loss cn maintaining a line which in
their view hae to he maintained solely in the interests of Im
perial and International Communications Limited. It may also be
pointti out that if the Conpany undertook to maintain the line
themselves their costa would be, if anything, more than what is
now proposed. If, it should be decided by the secretary of State
in Council that interest on the depreciated value of the line
cannot properly be included under 'outpayments', for this pur»
pose the total cost of keeping the line intact would be Rs.
45,000 per anmm, a moiety of which payable by Imperial aid Inter
national Communications, Limited, would be Ra. 22,500 per annan.
11. Ab stated in paragraph 2 of this letter the depreciat
ed value of the lines mentioned in paragraph 2 has not been
incluied in the biock account of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs
Department pending a decision as to their ultimate fate which
cannot be reached until terns have been negotiated with Imperial
and International Communications, limited,
12. ,e take this opportunity of dealing with the sugges
tion contained in Mr. ifeyner's demi-official letter No. S. 4 0.
5590/55 dated the 12th May 1953, that the Government of India
should take over the maintenance and operation of the wireless
station at Gwadur widen is being worked at present by imperial
Airways, Limited, as indicated in paragraph 3 of this letter
the commercial telegraph traffic originating at Gwadur is not
heavy, the annual revenue being Rs. 6,600. Paragraphs 4 and 5
of this letter will also make it clear that, if tbs land line
from Karachi to Gwaaur yia Panjgur could also be dismantled in
addition to that along the coast, the provision of a suitable
wireless station at Gwadur to work with the stations proposed for
Paani and Orm&ra and with such other stations &a it may be
necessary to erect in Baluchis tan on the dismantlement of the
Karachi-pan jgur-Gwadur line, would be necessary. Informal an quins*
were accordingly made to ascertain whether the use of Imperial ‘2
am
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The file concerns allocation of call signs and registration for the wireless telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file contains:
- registration and call sign for wireless station at Gwadur, 1932
- registration and call sign for wireless station at Sharjah, 1933-37
- blueprint showing wireless lines between Charbar [Chābahār] and Karachi, titled 'Main Lines. Mekran Sub-Division' (f 144)
- allocation of call signs at Bahrain and Aden wireless stations, 1936.
The file contains correspondence between 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 Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Imperial Airways, the 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. , the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , Cable and Wireless Limited, and the General Post Office.
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- 1 file (222 folios)
- Arrangement
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 224; 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/12/4141
- Title
- Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:81r, 81ar, 81v:102v, 105r:113v, 115r:151r, 151ar, 151v:210r, 210ar, 210v:211v, 212ar, 212r:223v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence