File 3414/1906 Pt 3 'Persia: telegraphs; exchange of telegraphs with Russia and Anglo-Persian convention for improvement of Arabistan telegraphs' [‎54r] (112/476)

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Wfi/I Initruotvci to bring the
proposal forward at a favourable
opportmity: the natter night fitly
he negotiated at the sane tim as the
renmoal of the British Telegraph
Concession? in Persia.
These* it nay he explained, mre due
to expire in 1925* The Concessions
had hem given under three Conventions
as follows:-
2 April 1868, for construct
ing r md wording the Gtoadur-JasK Coast
line*
2 Decmh&r 1872* for word
ing a telegraph line frovi Tehran to
Pus'lire, ami allovHng trie T.p. Tel.
Dept* to resum charge of a line fron
Tehran to KlvmiHin at any tine while
tm Convent toil was in force:
16 August 1901, for con
structing and maintaining the Central
Persia line.
Per a fuller description of these
Convention's, see 2r. Kirk's Ifeno. of
2K> April 1907, copy annexed.
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F.O. to T. 0 ., PI Dec. 1907.
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T.Q. to F.O ., 18 Feb. 1908.
2786j QQ.
2. At the end of the year, at the
instance of K. H. Charge d'Affaires
at Tehran, the question of taking
active steps to control the Arabist cm
lines ms once more considered, and
trie Foreign Office were informed by
this Office that the survey of the
Hohanmrdh - Bor as fun line and its
temporary repairs v'svc estimated to
cost some £300, more permanent
repairs - to be carried out later -