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Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration' [‎208r] (417/452)

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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Tel. No. Holbojkn 3434.
6799
Any communications on the
subject of this letter should be
addressed to :—
1931
THE SECRETARY,
Am Ministky,
Ad astral House,
Kinqsway,
AIR MINISTRY,
LONDON, W.C.2.
London, W.C.2.
and the following number quoted :—
^September, 1931
Sir,
I am commanded by the Air Cooncil to refer to
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. letter E*& 0.6208/31 dated 4th September, 1931,
on the subject of the registration at Berne of the wireless
station at Gwadar, and to acquaint you, for the information
of the Secretary of State for India, that they are seriously
concerned to learn at this stage that the Government of
India consider that it would be inadvisable for them to
notify particulars of this station to the International
Telegraph Bureau at Berne.
2. The Council desire to point out that no other
channel appears to exist for registering this station if, as
they assume, the Sultan of iiuscat does not subscribe to the
International Telegraph Convention, and Imperial Airways,
who are operating the station, are thus precluded from
initiating action that would in other circumstances be of a
routine nature.
3. The Council are of opinion that as an aeronautical
The Under Secretary of State,
Economic and Overseas Department,
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. ,
S.W.l.

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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)
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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 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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