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File 3414/1906 Pt 5 'Telegraphs:- N. Persia. Tehran-Khanikan line; Tehran-Shahrud line; I. E. Tel. Dept's undertakings in N. Persia' [28r] (60/426)
The record is made up of 1 volume (211 folios). It was created in 1906-1911. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
7
T his document is the property of the Secretary of State for India in Council.
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.
,
17th July 1911.
Sir,
In reply to your letter No. 23,120, dated the 21st June 1911,
regarding proposed agreements of the Indo-European Telegraph
Company with the Russian and Persian Governments respectively, for
the working and maintenance of certain telegraph lines in Northern
Persia, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to enclose, for
the consideration of Secretary Sir E. Grey, copy of a Note by the Director-
in-Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department upon the subject.
It will be seen that the proposed agreement with the Persian Govern
ment is at variance in important matters with the arrangements that
have been entered into by the British with the Russian Government,
and that, in the opinion of Mr. Kirk, it is very desirable that the
Convention regarding the Arabistan lines should be ratified so as to
secure the renewal of the British Telegraph Conventions until the
1st January 1945.
The Marquis of Crewe concurs generally in the views expressed in
Mr. Kirk’s note, and would suggest that, if Sir E. Grey sees no objection,
the reply to be made to M. Pagenkopf should be in the sense proposed
in its final paragraph. In addition, it would seem well to convey to
him a warning as regards what is said in his letter to M. de Klemm as
to a possible extension of the telegraph line from Meshed to Herat, that
no scheme of telegraphs into Afghanistan could be carried out except
after consultation with the British Government.
As regards the ratification of the Arabistan Convention, it is
presumed that this is a matter in which the Persian Government will be
advised by their newly-appointed Treasurer-General, Mr. Morgan
Shuster. Lord Crewe would suggest, however, that if Sir E. Grey has
no recent information in the matter, His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran
might be asked his opinion as to the likelihood of the Convention being
ratified.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) R. Ritchie.
The Under Secretary of State
Foreign Office.
"JDi
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The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly between the UK Foreign Office Government of India officials, reporting on the proposed telegraph lines Tehran-Khanikin and Tehran-Shahrud. Also discussed is the Indo-European Telegraph Department's undertakings in Persia and German enquiries regarding the concession. The file includes (ff 43-46) the proposed agreement between Imperial Russian and the Persian Government and the Indo-European Telegraph Company.
Correspondents include: Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambassador to Persia; Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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- 1 volume (211 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 3414 (Persia Telegraphs) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/104-108. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 211; 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.
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- File 3414/1906 Pt 5 'Telegraphs:- N. Persia. Tehran-Khanikan line; Tehran-Shahrud line; I. E. Tel. Dept's undertakings in N. Persia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:210v, back-i
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