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Coll 35/42 'Persian Gulf: cable arrangements' [84r] (167/859)
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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31 <> It wae also suggested in the previous no tea that it raighu
be an advantage for the Office of the Divisional Hanag^r-j
Cable d Wireless, Ltd*,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to be situated at Bahrein
^ instead of Karachio It has since been pointed out by tne
^ Company that a very high proportion of the work of the Dr/isionax
Manager is in relation to the large number of Indian and Anglo-
Indian employees of the Company, working not only in the rerexai*
Gulf but on the JUast African coast and els© where, which «/,s e
strong reason for his remaining in Karachio It is nos. clear
whether ho will be permitted to remain there once the inaian
Government have taken over the assets of Cable & Wireless, ^ ^
in India, but for the timv being, it would doubtless he of some
advantage if the Company’s Manager in
eanlor offloial in the area* and regarded ao th f.
of the Divisional Manager in matters affecting the I eralan 6ni..v 8
so that matters could be dealt with very much more efficiently
than at present. It is not very satisfactory^ that* unde^
the existing Oet-up, the Manager in Bahrein ha0 _ b *®"f’'p®*'
"forbidden" by the Divisional Manager to aisouBB various «a ri
with the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
affecting Persian Gu^f corrimur-c - .
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (427 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 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence