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'File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur' [‎48r] (95/424)

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The record is made up of 1 file (208 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1945-29 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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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. , London.
Government of Indio., Department of External
Affairs and Commonwealth Relations•
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. , Eanrain.
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28th received 29tb July, 3947,
your telegram No. 5309 July 8 th. Transfer of
Posts and Telegraphs Services in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
2. Ycur paragraph He. 3. As long term policy
H.tf.G. propose to recruit subordinate staff on contract
either locally or from India. You will appreciate that
H.M.G. themselves will be unable to provide any trained
subordinate staff by ^pril 1948 and it will therefore be
essential for continued efficient running of ^ulf Post
Office services (in which of course India herself has
a~clbse interest) that such staff should continue to be
loe.ne , to p.Vf.G. by successor Government for a oeriod after
thrt date it is hoped therefore that successor Government will
be agreeable to loan of permrinent staff on deputation terms.
H.M.G. woula like to to able to arrange this as soon as possible,
3. Your paragraph ho. 4. H.M.G. while accepting in
principle the suggesticr of Government of India thet all Posts
and Telegraphs buildings, equipment etc. should be transferred
at beck value would be grateful for details ci property
involved. Information available here suggests thr.t all
y buildings except Muscat are ranted.
4 . Your paragraph bo. 5. intend to provide
their own postage stamps as soon as they assume control.
They will give you longest possible notice of that date.
£. *&all contracts. Il.M.G are inclined tc think
it will be preferable for Government of India to continue
general contract on present linos with British India (or other
line) and that H.Ii.G. should av.iil themselves of this contract f
f*Qr purrosos cf Gulf Post office ziri'&ngements by agreement with
Government of India.
f. In order to discuss various questions concerning
transfer it 5s hoped it will be possible to send b G.P.O.
representative to India for preliminary talks ir. October.
This official might then tour ,the Gulf with an i.ndian Posts
and Telegraphs official beforejreturning to India if n cessary
tc enter on final negotiaticns. H.te.C. oo not intend to send
Post Office representative to Gulf before then.
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Telegram
Prom
To
Repeated
No.
Dated
Retaxandum -

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The file concerns postal services at Muscat and Gwadar. The arrangements for postal services in the territories of Muscat and Oman were complicated from 1947 by the independence of India, and the transfer of responsibility for postal services from the Government of India to 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. , and by the question of whether newly-independent Pakistan should be asked to provide post and telegraph services at Gwadur [Gwadar].

The papers include: staffing matters at Muscat, 1945; British Government plans for the future administration of postal services in the Gulf, 1947 (including minutes of a meeting at 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. , 11 July 1947, folios 41-42); the attitude of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to the proposed continuation of existing postal arrangements at Gwadar by the Government of Pakistan; correspondence concerning the temporary use of stamps overprinted 'Pakistan' at Muscat, Dubai, and Gwadar, following agreement with India to withdraw unsurcharged Indian stamps from areas served by the Pakistan Posts and Telegraphs Department, and the introduction of new British stamps to replace existing Indian stamps, 1947; recommendations of the British Post Office representative (W Appleby) concerning the takeover of postal services in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on 1 April 1948 (folios 120-130); details of Post Office staff at Gwadar, 1947; and the Foreign Office's initial decision to ask the Government of Pakistan to take over responsibility for postal services at Gwadar (folio 154), and ensuing difficulties following 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. 's recommendation that responsibility for services at Gwadar be handed over instead to Cable and Wireless Limited, 1947-48.

The file includes correspondence from 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. , 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 British Agent, Gwadar; the Commonwealth Relations Office; and the Government of Pakistan.

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1 file (208 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers in red and blue crayon (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) refer to entries in the notes on folios 195-209.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 210; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-98; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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