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File 3414/1906 Pt 1 'Persia: telegraphs; Seistan telegraph lines; Meshed-Seistan; Meshed-Tehran; Robat-Seistan; Nasratabad-Koh i Malik Siah; proposed exchange of telegraphs with Russia' [27r] (58/851)
The record is made up of 1 volume (422 folios). It was created in 1905-1916. 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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[This Document is the Pro perty of His Britannic Majesty s Government.]
PERSIA.
f N «K>NFIDENTIAL.
[ 20502 ]
(;( 29 JUL! 907 .
[July 6.]
Section 3 .
No. 1.
Foreign Office, July 6, 1907.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir C. Spring-Rice.
(No. 80.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
KUH-MAL1K SIAH extension.
Yonr telegram No. Ill of the 9th May.
Indian Government are prepared to assist m construction on same terms as in case
of Henjam-Bunder Abbas line, and to sell telegraph material at Robat at rate list value
exclusne^of cons i s t i n construction of line as a Persian Crown line by Indo-
Furooean Telegraph Department at a price not exceeding the expenditure shown to be
necessary by previously prepared estimate, and on completion and repayment of cost to
be handed over to Persian Telegraph Administration. _
Persian Government would have to give pledge, as a condition to line being
■provided on these terms, that none but British and Persian employes will be allowed
K line and its offices, and the control of the hne will never be made oyer to any
other foreign Company or Government other than British. Maintenance of line when
taken over 5 would be undertaken by Persian Government, who should guarantee the
eventual ^ ^rPe^skn"Government, while making above proposal, the
extremely cheap rate at which material would be charged for.
(ConfidentiaUrsian Government re p a y cost, line will be under direct control of
Telegraph Department whioh^Bjh^^ above 3 —7cost
bv^eductiorf of 6 subsidies due from Indian Government to claim control of hue from the
fiL as S their own property, to be paid for by instalments.
[2561/—3]
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Correspondence discusses the construction of telegraph lines in Persia. Issues discussed include the implications for Britain's relations with the Persian government and how influence could be achieved. Also discussed is the British strategy for negotiating with the Russians who held a sphere of influence in northern Persia, in order to secure British interests in their sphere of influence in southern Persia.
The route, costs and staffing of a number of telegraph lines are discussed: Meshed-Seistan, Meshed-Tehran; Robat-Seistan; Nasratabad to Koh-i-Malik Siah, as well as the costs involved in upgrading the lines before their permanent transfer from the Indian Telegraph Department to the Indo-European Telegraph Department. A further isssue discussed is how to overcome a Russian monopoly on the cypress woods which were an essential material for a construction of a telegraph line. Arrangements for the dispatch of British signallers to staff the telegraph offices also features in the correspondence.
The file contains a number of statistical tables as well as a technical drawing and a map showing the telegraph offices on the Meshed-Nasratabad (Seistan) line (ff 109-110).
Correspondents include: Gilbert Elliot-Murray Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India; Sir Arthur Nicholson; Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary; Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice; Mr Evelyn Grant Duff; John Evelyn Shuckburgh; H M Consul at Seistan; Sir Walter Beaupré Townley, Minister for Persia.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 422; 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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