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Coll 35/42 'Persian Gulf: cable arrangements' [‎101r] (201/859)

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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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Gypher/OTP FILG3 .
FRGH TO FCRFIGN OFFICE.
Mr* Le Rougetel,
No. J-iJ.
11 th, April, 19if7 y
D. 9.if7 a.ro* 11th April, 1947,
R, 1-25 p*uU 11th April, 1947.
Repeated to Bahrein,
middle East Office Cairo,
G-oveminent of India, Saving*
Bushire, Saving.
• 5 5 5 5
CONDIDENTIAL.
Yo ur telegram No. 196 and Embassy letter to General
Department of March 30th.
Submarine Cables in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *
Persian Govern ent are quite firm in their intention
to reopen land line telegraph communication with India
via Zahidan as soon as possible and the project has
already been agreed in principle by the Government of
India. This will virtually sever Bushire telegraphically
from the rest of Persia as automatic morse equipment in
Teheran now used to work Bushire will be utilised for
Indian circuit leaving only a hand speed circuit to
Bushire for internal traffic.
2 3 . Persian Government are also opening negotiations
to establish direct wireless communication between
Teheran and Bombay and it is obvious that when these
circuits are established they will consider it unnecessary
for Cable and Wireless Limited to retain their office ot
Bushire. It will he difficult to contest this point of
view.
3. I therefore suggest that in their examination.of
this question departments of His Majesty f s Government in
fact should bear in mind the possibility of dispensing
with Bushire and re-routing cables via Bahrein.
Foreign Office please pass to Bahrein as my telegram
No*. 16.
[Copies sent to Telegraph Branch, 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. for
repetition to Bahreini

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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)
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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 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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