مجموعة ٣٢/٣٥ "محطات لاسلكية في الخليج الفارسي: تخصيص إشارات النداء والتسجيل" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٢] (٤٥٢/٣٦٥)

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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
LIMITED
AIRWAY TERMINUS
Victoria Station
(Continental Departures)
London, S,W.l.
9206/AF/VAS. 31st December 193&
^ear Warrin^ton-Morris,
We have been approached by the Officer in Charge of
Wireless Services, on behalf of the Department of Posts and
Telegraphs, India, with a request to accept the responsibility
of transmitting and receiving all commercial telegrams by W/T
at GWADAR, consequent on the India Government abandoning the
land line between Gwadar and Karachi.
We are informed that the traffic is assessed at about
10,000 messages a year, or approximately 30 a day - 15 each wqy #
If we accept the responsibility, it will necessitate
the employment of an additional operator, for whose services the
India Government must bear the cost*
Owing to the cheap rate at which these messages are
carried, i.e. one anna per word, the income at Gwadar at the
rate of 15 messages transmitted a day would be at the most about
£360 per annum* This sum would barely pay an operator at such
a place, and would allow nothing for maintenance and running of
plant.
You will understand, of course, that we have only been
approached tentatively, but it would be well to find out how
you would view it. It is assumed that no payment would be
expected by the Air Ministry, as the revenue from the working
of the service will not cover expenses, at least so far as can be
seen at present.
As Mr. Edmund, the Officer in Charge of ’W/T Services, is
leaving on Tuesday, I wonder if you would be good enough to ring
me up and let me know what you think of it generally*
Yours sincerely.
Air Commodore A.D.Warrington-Morris, C.M.G., O.B.E.
Air Ministry, Signals, (Sgd.) A. FLETCHER
Adastral House,
Kingsway, W.C.2.