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Coll 29/6 'Mohammerah and Khorramshahr: vice consulate and consulate appointments' [127v] (257/470)
The record is made up of 1 file (232 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1931-4 Sep 1948. 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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The three telegrams "below deal with the proposal that the
Vice-Consulate at Mohammerah (JKhorramshahr) should he raised
to the status of a Consulate. This proposal was made privately
hy the Government of India to H.M. Minister, Tehran who has
recommended it to the Foreign Offi-ce, subject to the three
conditions set out in the first paragraph of his telegram
No.85 of January 18th.
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2. The present position is that the Nohammeralyl which
is staffed by the Government of India is subordinate to the
Consulate a ty diwaz, which is a Foreign Office post£ though the
Vice-Consul^Jis a member of the Indian Political ' ervice). TCc
-Establishment of the two uosts is as follows: ^
Ahwaz - Consul J.G. Baillie, who has just succeeded A.H.King.
Vice-Consul A.’,Voo]fer +
Nohammerah - ^ice-Consul Captain A.l.A. Dredge
Assistant to ^ice-Consul Lt. R.A.McConaghey +
(The 2 officers whose names are starred were appointed last
Autumn in accordance with proposals made by the Government
of India for the attachment of additional staff to various Consulates
in South and East Persia. Previously the post of Vice-Consul at Ahwaz
had been in abeyance, and there had been no assistant to the Vice-
Consul at Mohammerah.)
3. The first paragraph of Tehran telegram No.85 refers to an
incident which took place in 1940 - see the papers between P.Z.6475/40
and 6861/40 (flagged). It seems somewhat unfair of Sir R.Bullard to
bring this incident up, since -
(a) The proposal in 1940 was that the Consul at Ahwaz should move his
Headquarters to Nohammerah. The Government of India’s objections to
that proposal do not apply in the present case, where it is contemplated
that there should be a full Consul at each post.
(b) A large part of the Government of India’s objection in 1940arose
from the fact that the transfer was carried through without their
being consulted. On their protestor Sir R.Bullard apologised and the
status quo was restored.
4. As regards/^staffing of the new post, the Government of India
suggest that Captain F.C.L. Chauncy should be appointed Consul.
Captain Chauncy has had some 12 years’ experience in the Indian
Political Service, and served as Vice-Consul at Mohammerah from
November 1932 to (apparently) some time in 1935. In a personal
telegram the Government of India draw attention to some papers* which *« ,
show that in 1935 the Foreign Office and the Anglo-Tfernian Oil Company
pressed unsuccessfully that he should be kept on at Mohammerah.
5. The Government of India propose that Captain Dredge should
continue as Vice-Consul under the new Consul, but that the post of
Assistant to the Vice-Consul should be abolished.
6. The ces£ of the new post will, of course, be divisible
between Imperial and Indian Revenues and no financial question seems
to arise, at all events at the present stage.^ ^
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drawing attention to the Government of India’s official telegram u* ' I'V/
7. A draft d.o. letter to the Foreign Office is submitted, Is iL
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and to the papers referred to in their d.o. telegram.
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The file concerns appointments at the Vice-Consulate (later Consulate) at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran].
The file covers:
- emoluments of H G Jakins as Vice Consul of Mohammerah in 1932
- appointment of F C L Chauncy as Vice Consul of Mohammerah in 1932
- clerical posts at the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and at the Vice-Consulate in Mohammerah
- Norwegian consular representation at Abadan
- appointment of Allen Lancelot Austin Dredge as Vice-Consul of Mohammerah in 1941
- proposed opening of a Consulate at Mohammerah and reducing of Ahwaz to a Vice-Consulate
- appointment of F C L Chauncy as Consul of Mohammerah in 1942
- appointment of R A McConaghey as Acting Consul of Mohammerah in 1943
- appointment of R H Cook as Acting Consul of Mohammerah in 1944
- relations between Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire, and Consulate at Khorramshahr
- appointment of V W D Willoughby as Consul of Mohammerah in 1948.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office; the 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. ; the Government of India; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for India; the British Consulates at Ahwaz, and Mohammerah; British Petroleum; the Royal Norwegian Legation to London; the British Minister at Tehran.
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- 1 file (232 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 233; 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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- Coll 29/6 'Mohammerah and Khorramshahr: vice consulate and consulate appointments'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:39v, 40ar, 40r:166v, 168r:185v, 185r:189v, 191r:232v, back-i
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