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Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration' [182r] (365/452)
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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(COPY)
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
LIMITED
AIRWAY TERMINUS
Victoria Station
(Continental Departures)
London, S,W.l.
9206/AF/VAS. 31st December 193&
^ear Warrin^ton-Morris,
We have been approached by the Officer in Charge of
Wireless Services, on behalf of the Department of Posts and
Telegraphs, India, with a request to accept the responsibility
of transmitting and receiving all commercial telegrams by W/T
at GWADAR, consequent on the India Government abandoning the
land line between Gwadar and Karachi.
We are informed that the traffic is assessed at about
10,000 messages a year, or approximately 30 a day - 15 each wqy #
If we accept the responsibility, it will necessitate
the employment of an additional operator, for whose services the
India Government must bear the cost*
Owing to the cheap rate at which these messages are
carried, i.e. one anna per word, the income at Gwadar at the
rate of 15 messages transmitted a day would be at the most about
£360 per annum* This sum would barely pay an operator at such
a place, and would allow nothing for maintenance and running of
plant.
You will understand, of course, that we have only been
approached tentatively, but it would be well to find out how
you would view it. It is assumed that no payment would be
expected by the Air Ministry, as the revenue from the working
of the service will not cover expenses, at least so far as can be
seen at present.
As Mr. Edmund, the Officer in Charge of ’W/T Services, is
leaving on Tuesday, I wonder if you would be good enough to ring
me up and let me know what you think of it generally*
Yours sincerely.
Air Commodore A.D.Warrington-Morris, C.M.G., O.B.E.
Air Ministry, Signals, (Sgd.) A. FLETCHER
Adastral House,
Kingsway, W.C.2.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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