Coll 30/49(2) 'Persian Gulf. Lighting and buoying in. Desire of the Persian government to manage lights and buoys in Persian territory' [128r] (262/1038)
The record is made up of 1 file (513 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1935-27 May 1939. It was written in English and French. 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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it:. • 4994/37
L 7
2‘ M September^
Confidential.
Sir,
Hth reference to your letter of the 15th
instant Ho. £.5190/111/34, concerning the responsibility
for lighting and buoying in the ersian .ulf, I am
eonmaxided by My Lords Commissioners of the admiralty to
ac iuaint you for the information of the secretary of
otate for foreign Affairs Uiat they have no objection
to the reply to the lersian Government proposed in paragraph
8 of your letter subject to the substitution of the words
“and ready to function* in line 10 of that paragraph by
the words and are found adequate to meet the requirements
of shipping.*
2* i copy of this letter* is being sent to
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.
and Board of rade.
I am. Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
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This file contains correspondence about negotiations between British and Iranian Government officials regarding the transfer of responsibility for the maintenance of lighting and buoying facilities in Iranian territory (and territorial waters) in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Government of Iran. The correspondence is between officials of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, 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. , the Admiralty, the Foreign Office, the Board of Trade, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Legation in Tehran.
In addition to this correspondence, the file also contains the following:
- 'Draft protocole covering handing over of Lights and Buoys in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , communicated by Mr. Motamedy in his letter of 24th August, 1935, to Mr. Loxley' in French (folios 452-460)
- 'Draft Record 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. on 7th October [1935] on the subject of lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 394-401)
- 'Record 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. on 7th October [1935] on the subject of lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 375-382)
- 'Explanatory note on the re-drafting of the Protocol for the transfer to the Persian Government of the lights, buoys and beacons now maintained by the Government of India in Persian territory and waters. (January, 1936)' (folios 323-325)
- 'Record of Mr. Loxley's conversation with Monsieur Motamedy on June 20th, 1936' (folios 249-257)
- Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folio 275).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (513 folios)
- Arrangement
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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 515; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail , front-i, 2r:19v, 19ar:19av, 20r:246v, 249r:267v, 269r:271v, 273r:274v, 276r:280v, 282r:482v, 485r:492v, 495r:515v, back-i
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