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Coll 35/42 'Persian Gulf: cable arrangements' [47r] (93/859)
The record is made up of 1 file (427 folios). It was created in 26 Jul 1940-26 Nov 1948. 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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P.O. Reference : 63853/43
CCC Reference t F/419/II
Deer Ulna Brldger,
Peralan qalf J. Corcffl mApaUqaa
1. we hove seen a copy at' the letter of the 25th
to you from the British Joint Cornraunlcetiona Boord about
conmunlcatlona la the Persian Oulf area, and understand the
position now to Be es followes
(a) The three Service Bepartmenta consider that It
lunoceasery to retain a cable system In the Persian
Gulf area for strategic purposes.
(b) The Service Departments have agreed that the
proposals of Cable and Wireless Limited, as shown In
their Chart "B" will fulfil the strategical requirements,
(e) These proposals Involve e layout of the cable
system In the Gulf area different from that which
was In operation before the war.
(d) l 1 *® adoption of the proposals Involves turther
negotiations with the Persian Government about Gable
and Wireless Limited 1 s concession at Buahlre.
2. If the recommendations of the Service Departments are
endorsed by the other U.K. Departments interested, we suggest
that the matter should-then be put by the U.K. representative
to the CCC for concurrence. When this Is done, J *4ink we.
ought to be able to state. In the CCC paper, exactly what uhe
position of Cable and Wireless Limited (Cable and Wireless
(Mid-East)?) is vis-a-vis the Iraq Government at i ao, the
Persian Government at Bush*re, the Shelfch of_ahreia at
Bahrein, the Sheikh of Muscat at Muscat and the P akist an
Government at Karachi.
Vcs4 V-
W. W. SHAW-ZAMBRA
Miss P. Bridger, M.B.K.
Telecomaunicatlona Department,
General Post Office.
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The file concerns the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. cable system.
The file contains:
- suggestions for bypassing Bushire during communication with India via Bahrain
- a copy of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, 1933
- interruption to Bahrain cable, and communications with Iran and Iraq during the Second World War, 1942
- recommended restoration of cables in Bushire and Bahrain, 1946
- installation of telephone system at Bahrain, 1946-47
- proposed transfer of Cable and Wireless Limited to public ownership, 1946
- sketch map showing proposed rearrangement of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Cables, 1947 (f 57).
The file contains correspondence between: the War Office; the Foreign Office; the Government of India; 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 Imperial Communications Committee; HM Treasury; the Admiralty; the General Post Office; HM Embassy at Tehran; HM Embassy at Baghdad; and Cable and Wireless Limited.
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- 1 file (427 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 429; 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/12/4149
- Title
- Coll 35/42 'Persian Gulf: cable arrangements'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 11r:15v, 17r:55v, 57r:148v, 150r:159v, 161r:200v, 202r:214v, 217r:346v, 348r:357v, 359r:410v, 412r:426v, 426ar:426av, 427r:428v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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