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'File 8/65 VI RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY 1939' [4r] (7/52)
The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 6 Aug 1948-19 Nov 1949. 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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CYFHF.R OTP
FROM
IJKHC FOR INDIA
TO
BAHRAIN
TFINO Y9 VIA F.O. TFLNO 713 OF 19/11/49.
DATFD 19/11/49
Confidential.
SPACE.
Following received from UKHC for India. Begins.
Addressed to C.R.O, No.7 1975 repeated.for information
Bahrain No.X.9 (C.R.O. please pass).
Your telno 3362.
I called on the Sultan this morning and put the situation
verbally to him as outlined in F.O. telegram to Bahrain v o.691
I also handed over an aide-memoire on the same line^-
2. The only comment he had to make on F.O. tel 691 was that
according to the 1939 Treaty Consuls had to be appointed.by
His Majesty the King, and he did not see how the King could be
in a position to appoipt Consuls on behalf of India -'fter she
became a republic on January 26th.
3. He has not had any conversations with the Government of
India on this subject and has nofintention of raising it. If
they do, he will stall by producing his legal objections and
saying that he will have to take advice in the matter.
4. We have here, of course, very little background to this
matter, but if you still think it necessary to warn India
(gp. undec) of the Sultan’s objections and the opinion of the
Foreign Office on them I should be grateful if you would take
parallel action to inform me. I would like to ensure that Bajpai
first receives account of my conversations with the Sultan
of Muscat from me rather than from Khrishna Menon.
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This file relates to the renewal of the Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty of 1891 was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. In 1939 a replacement treaty was signed between the two parties.
The file concerns the impact on the new treaty of the recent constitutional changes in India and Pakistan. The correspondence covers the following: the appointment of consuls by the British Government on behalf of India (as stipulated in the 1939 treaty), and whether this arrangement will continue once India becomes a republic; the question of whether the new dominion of Pakistan automatically remains a party to the treaty; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] intention not to renew the treaty, which is due to expire in February 1951.
The file features the following correspondents: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul, Muscat; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the United Kingdom's High Commissioner for India; officials of the Foreign Office and the Government of Pakistan.
Included with the correspondence is a copy of an order issued by Governor-General Mountbatten of Burma [Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma] on 14 August 1947 – an agreement regarding the devolution of international rights and obligations upon the dominions of India and Pakistan
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- 1 file (24 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear 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 26; 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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- 'File 8/65 VI RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY 1939'
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- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:23v, 25r:25v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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