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'File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur' [‎125r] (249/424)

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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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)eMpllcat«d •achia^ry f*r
)m ••rvlc« for which there
Parcels
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)&xlstlng postage rates fer )
)all countries everseas, ex* )
)eept India and/er Pakistan )
)te be maintained. )
)Postage rates te India and/ )
)or Pakistan te be fixed )
)later, l.e. after final dls*)
)cusslens with Pakistan postal
F.D.D. Service
(Payment ef Customs
charges by sender)
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Re service
)
jThis service is available
)la India and/er Pakistan,
)but there appeers te have
)been no demand fer such a
)service in the Persian
)Gulf .
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am MAIL SERVICES
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The wain effeet ef the change ef centre! will he
that cemualeatien with India and/er Pakistan will be Internatioaal
instead ef internal . This aaaas that the existing cheap air wail
fates free tne Persian Calf te India and/er Pakistan will hare te
be increased*/. Fer exaaple t an air postage rata ef 6 annas per
half ounce could perhaps be justified fer letters addressed te
the United tiagden (ascoppered with the existing week rate ef
IS annaa per half ounce)• Air nail rates fer the Western
Hemisphere generally wight be at slightly less then these existing
at presentt possibly the sun ef the rates free the agencies te
the United £lngdew y and free U.k. te destinetlen 9 e*g* about
IBs. per half ounce fer legtors fer the U.8.A.
An air letter fern at 6 annas night be allowed te
any country f including the Western Henisphere.
The whole question ef the air postage rates is 9
however, already aider consideration by ny Headquarters 9 and
full details will be forwarded te you as seen as a decision has
been reached.
PmtHtt »lr nULmric. Bwt
The position is as explained in ay report ef the
14th ef Novamber.
Stilagg
The British Pest Of flee ie net anxious 9 at any rate
et the outset, te provide feeilities ef this klnd 9 but is pro*
pered f if desired 9 te liquidate responsibility ef the Indian
Feat £ Telsgraph uepartnant fer Indian Sawings Bank Accounts and
Katienal Sawings Csrtifleates. During wy prellwinary discussions
st Karachi, It was suggested infernally, that the best solution
would perhaps be fer the Inhabitants ef the Gulf Agencies te be
advised as early as possible that
(I) the Indian Pest A Telegraph Department was
giving up the centre! of the pastel, etc. services
in the Perslen Gulf en the 31st ef Kerch, 1948,
and that after that data the British Pest Office
would take ever, and
(II) as a rasult these persons holding Indian

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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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