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'File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur' [146r] (291/424)
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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cmmMUd*
B 1 P 1
the 30th December 1947
Please refer te my Express Letter Ne»1506-S dated the
14th August. 1947 ea the subject ef the Pest and Telegraph Office
at Gwadur.
2. I discussed the whale questlea with Appelby while he
was here and ferward herewith a cepy ef a aete he has recarded
after talks with Stewart aad the British Agent at Gwadur.
3. Malls frea Gwadur are carried by caael te Pasal eace
a fertnlght and thence by lerry te Quetta. Telegraas are sent
te Paajgur by a land-line which Is frequently Interrupted. Sheuld
there be any deterieratien in the adalnlstratien ef Mekran, which
is, I think, net Isprebable, bath the nail and telegraph services
night be suspended indefinitely.
4. Fran the general pelltical aspect, especially in view
ef the Khan ef Kalat's claln te Gwadur, it is, in ny eplnien,
undesirable that we sheuld centlnue te depend upen the Pakistan
Gevernnent and the Kalat State adnlnlstratlen far the maintenance
ef pest and telegraph services at Gwadur. I understand fren
Appelby that the Pakistan autherltles themselves weuld be glad te
be relieved ef their respenslbility.
5. I therefore strongly recenmend that if passible Cable
and Wireless sheuld establish a snail wireless statlen at Gwadur
far cennunicatlen with Muscat enly and that as suggested by Appelby
the nanager ef the statlen sheuld run a Pest Office as a sub-efflce
ef the Muscat Pest Office. Mails sheuld be carried by sea.
In view ef the fact that nail steaners call at Gwadur in bath
dlrectiens ence every twe er three weeks, the service sheuld be
alnest as frequent as the present ene.
6. The managern ef Cable and Wireless at Muscat inferned
ne that it sheuld be passible te run the prepesed wireless statlen
quite cheaply with ene engineer whe ceuld be relieved every six
^ months fren Muscat. There is accenmedatlen available far hln
either in the Pest Office Itself er in the Rest House which is
presunably what is described as an Inspection bungalow in paragraph
IV ef the enclosure te Lew^ letter Ne.F.15-BPG/47 dated the 7th
June, 1947.
7. If we do net take ever the land-line the cast ef the
buildings etc. we shall have te acquire is net very large, c.f. the
note referred te above, and I see ne reason why the cenblned
wireless statlen and pest office sheuld net be run at a profit.
Stewart has Informed me that the value.of the telegraph traffic
far the last six months is Rs.54,017. I
8. I sheuld be grateful If the proposals contained in this
letter ceuld be given early consideration. It is desirable te let
the Pakistan authorities knew whether we wish them te administer
the Gwadur Pest and Telegraph Office indefinitely er if net when we
shall be ready te take it ever.
/
. r ■
E.P. Donaldson, Esquire. C.M.G.,
Cennenweilth Relations Office,
Downing Street,
LONDON, S.W.l
1 LB*
Sd/- W.R. Hay.
10
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/6/413
- Title
- 'File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:60v, 61v:70v, 71v:77v, 80r:99v, 101v:111v, 114r:116v, 119r:131v, 133r:152v, 153v:156v, 158r:173v, 175r:179v, 181r:183v, 184ar, 184v, 184r:184v, 185v, 186v:193v, 194ar:194av, 194r:209v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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