File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements' [112r] (233/303)
The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in Sep 1916-1 Jul 1920. 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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private letter winch lias been received in this Department from the Dejiart-
ment of Overseas Trade, and of a telegram despatched by His Majesty’s
Minister at Teheran in regard to the general question as to telegraphic
communication with India.
2. A copy of the provisional reply 3 which ha's been returned to the
Department of Overseas Trade is also
' D ®P ajrtni | cllt T rade > enclosed herein for Mr. Montagu’s in-
dated 28th December 1918 (Annex 9). - . , °
formation.
3 . I am to request that you will be so good as to furnish me in due course
with Mr. Montagu’s observations on Sir P. Cox’s telegram and on the points
raised by the Department of Overseas Trade, from the point of view of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State Eyre A. Crowe.
for India.
73, Basinghall Street, E.C. 2,
9tb December 1918.
Annex 1 :—Department of Overseas Trade to Foreign Office.
No. 202893.
Dear Tufton,
Some months ago I had to ask you for an opinion on the suggestion of
the Indo-European Telegraph Company for the establishment of telegraphic
2 ^ 0 communication with India after the war.
I now send revised proposals 2 by the
Company, and shall be glad to know whether the Foreign Office have any
observations to make upon them or any special points of view or considerations
which they wish to emphasise, in order that I may be adequately primed when
the question is discussed by the Cable (Landing Rights) Committee.
Yours sincerely,
The Hon. C. H. Tufton, C.M.G., E. G. A. Butler.
Foreign Office.
Annex- 2 :— Indo-European Telegraph Company, Limited, to General Post Of ice.
18, Old Broad Street, E.C. 2,
Sir, • 21st November 1918.
Refe rring to the memorandum and covering letter sent to your Depart
ment on 23rd January last, on the subject of the re-establishment of this
3 Aimex 3 Company’s telegraphic communications,
we now submit for the consideration
of the Postmaster-General a definite scheme 3 which we believe would, if
acceptable to Government, once more place the Company’s communications
upon a sound basis and offer a secure route to the users of the Company’s
line.
The Directors would ask the Postmaster-General to give these proposals
his serious consideration and would urge the importance of as early a decision
as possible.
VV e are, &c.,
J. H. Tritton,
Chairman.
T. W. Stratford-Andrews,
The Secretary, Managing'Director.
General Post Office. -
Annex 3 :—Memorandum by Indo-European Telegraph Company, Limited.
A memorandum setting out the several material features that would have
to be taken into consideration when the time came for the determination of the
route to be followed in future by the lines of the Indo-European Telegraph
Company was submitted to Government in the early part of this year, and
when considering the present definite proposals it would be well to refer to
the Memorandum.
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the importance of re-establishing telegraphic communication between India and England via the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Mesopotamia [Iraq] to Mediterranean ports under British control.
The papers notably cover the following: postwar reorganisation of the telegraph communication, including the rebuilding of lines, re-establishing of old routes, introducing new routes, and proposals submitted by the Indo-European Company; relations with and between the Indo-European Company, Indo-European Department and the Eastern Telegraph Company.
Also included in the volume are the following documents:
- ‘A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Mekran, September 1916’ (ff 127-144)
- ‘Indo-European Telegraph Department. Statement showing Amounts paid into and drawn out of the Indian Joint Purse by the Department to the year 1917-1918’ (f 122)
- ‘War cabinet. Imperial Communications Committee's proposed diversion of the Indo-European Telegraph Company’s route of India’ (ff 58-65)
- Four maps in showing the lines of telegraphic communication between Europe and India passing through Persia [Iran] and Mesopotamia (ff 13, 14, 37 and 123).
The volume comprises internal correspondence between British officials of different departments. The principal correspondents are: the Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial Communications Committee; Sir Rayner Barker, Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Department; the Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia [also known as Civil Commissioner, Baghdad]; the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia; the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; and the General Post Office.
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- 1 volume (146 folios)
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The contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 144; 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. Multiple intermittent additional foliation sequences are also present. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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