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Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’ [103r] (205/467)
The record is made up of 1 file (232 folios). It was created in 23 Aug 1932-1 Jul 1937. It was written in English and French. 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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"•COPY
(S 7793/645/34)
Ho. 182/Tels/88/1 .
A A?
|bextish lsgatioii,
! TEHRAN.
12th December, 1934.
33v
My dear Lacy,
Your letter to the Chancery, No.
E 5951/645/34 of the 18th October about customs duty
on stores imported by the Imperial and International
Communications Company. Our despatch No. 536 of to-day
gives such information as we have been able to glean as
a result of a search of the archives at the time of the
negotiations leading up to the signature of the 1932
Telegraph Agreement. It does not, I fear, lend much
support to a claim for a more generous interpretation
of Article 4 (2).
2. As regards the position at the time of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department, Bushire’s reply to
the enquiry that you mention was to the effect that all
consignments addressed officially to one of the
Department's stations were admitted free of duty.
3. Nevertheless, our archives show that disputes,
very similar to those which we have now, did in fact
take place in 1927 and 1928 as to what stores the
Department were entitled to import free of duty. The
following passage from a letter dated November 16th, 1927
from the then Manager, New, to Warner, gives the
Department’s views:-
”1 think we should stick out that all material of
"any kind whatsoever for the service of the line must
L. Baggallay, Esq.,
The Foreign Office,
London.
"be
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Correspondence concerning the importation of stores and equipment for wireless stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (at Bushire, Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Jask, and Charbar [Chabahar]) operated by Imperial and International Communications Limited (I&ICL), amid the handover of the stations to the Persian Government. The file is a chronological continuation of papers found in Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3423). The correspondence focuses on the payment of customs duty on materials imported by I&ICL, and efforts to negotiate an exemption of the payment of duty with the Persian Government. The file’s principal correspondents are: various representatives of I&ICL; HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran; the Foreign Office.
The file includes a printed copy of the 1932 agreement (in English and French) between the British and Persian Governments, for the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia (ff 116-119).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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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 inside 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:28v, 30r:46v, 48r:49v, 52r:56v, 58r:67v, 70r:87v, 90r:90v, 92r:106v, 109r:115v, 120r:124v, 126r:126v, 128r:128v, 132r:139v, 142r:143v, 145r:151v, 153r:157v, 160r:168v, 170r:180v, 186r:187v, 190r:190v, 192r:195v, 197r:199v, 201r:204v, 206r:231v, 233r:233v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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