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Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’ [146r] (291/467)
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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Draft Paper.
political Department.
DRAFT
LETTER. 10 AUG 1954
Captain R.Laws on,
Cable & Wireless Ltd.,
We are sending you to-day an
Electra House,
Victoria Embankment,
official letter about the difficulties
W. C.2.
experienced by the Cable Company in
connection with the import of telegraph
stores into Persia, but I think it well
to let you know privately that in
(a
COPY CENT To/
To,
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j enclosure I
* No. 3 3
FROM F
W Si AUB. 1954
SEC ‘L
commenting on the present unsatisfactory
position the Minister at Tehran has
suggested that a great deal of trouble
might have been saved and financial loss
avoided if the Legation had been
informed fron the outset that duty was
being levied on the Company^ official
stores and if the London Office of the
Company had brought the terms of the
Telegraph^ Agreement with Persia to the
notice of their local agents at the time
f signature (viz . February 1932)/^^^
appears that whereas the Customs
authorities collected duty from 1st
March 1931 when I. & I.C. took over from
the Indo-European Telegraph Department,
it was only in August 1932 that the
Canpany’s local stations learnt that
official stores were - under the Agreement
- exempt from duty (It is of course the
case that the agreement as signed was
not communicated to the Company by 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.
until April 1932: but the
Company were aware of the terms of
Article IV well before that date.). The
Minister/
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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)
- Arrangement
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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