File 3939/1926 Pt 5 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Persia, Seistan, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan' [‎252r] (497/558)

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PERSIA—TELEGRAPHS.
‘cire for the use of the Persian Government and two for the Indo-European
Telegraph Department. The cost of this Tehran to Kashan line was
included in the account for the construction of the Central Persia /ine
presented to the Persian Government, and its lease will expire at the
same time as that of the section from Baluchistan to Kashan.
The Central Persia Line as originally constructed crossed the^rontier
between Persian and British Baluchistan at Dorai, and was connected
with Robat in British Baluchistan. In 1918, however, as a war measure^
the line was diverted from Dorai to Duzdap to meet a railway telegraph
line from Mirjawa to Duzdap. These sections ware for some time under
the control of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; but in
1924 and 1925 respectively they were placed under the control of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department.
Sistan-Meshed Line. The tielegraph line from Sistan to Meshed
was constructed in 1902-03 by the Persian Telegraph Administration
with the assistance of the Russian Governmejit, who in 1906 assumed
the maintenance and control of this line. "During the Great War,
however, its control passed to British troops and, on their withdrawal
"to the Indian Telegraph Administration. In 1924 it w^as handed over to
the Persian Government, who promised to pay 40 per cent, of the
expenses incurred by the British Government, in two yearly instalments.
Henjam^Bandar Abbas Line. In 1905 an Agreement (No. XXXD
was concluded between Great Britain and Persia for the construction of
a line of telegraph to connect the Indo-European Telegraph Depart
ment’s station at Hen jam with Bandar Abbas across the island of
Kishm, at a cost not exceeding Rs. 75,000: and payment was guaranteed
by the Persian Government. On completion and when the cost of con
struction had been paid, the line was to be handed over to the Persian
Government. The work was completed in December 1905; but, owing
to the attitude of the local authorities, the cable was not connected with
the Persian Telegraph Office at Bandar Abbas till three years later,
while eight months more elapsed before the office was opened for inter
national traffic. The bill in connection with the construction of this
line was not settled, and the Indo-European Telegraph Department
continued to maintain the line. In 1924 the Persian Government agreed
to pay oft* the debt for the cost of construction plus half the cost of
maintenance incurred by the Indo-European Telegiaph Department up
to the 31st March 1923, in twenty-one yearly instalments, and to settle
annually half the cost of the annual maintenance charges subsequent
to the 31st March 1923. The first instalment was settled through the
annual frccouiit for 1923-24. The Indo-European Telegraph Depart
ment -will continue to control the line until the debt is liquidated
Tehran-Khanikin Line. In 1906 an Agreement* was concluded
between the Indo-European Telegraph Company and the Persian Gov-
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