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Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’ [150r] (299/467)
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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no doubt owing to aone typically Persian suspicion that there
was **a catch soaewhere 1 *. I hawe therefore perforce had to
reaain content with the rather unsatisfactory arrangesent
detailed above and have requested 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.
to
report to ae at once by telegraph should any further diffi
culties occur. X will then take up the case with the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
4. I venture to add that X should feel greater
sympathy with the Company in the difficulties they have
experienced, if they had informed this Legation fron the
outset that duty was being levied on their official stores.
The customs authorities collected duty from Kerch 1st 1931,
when the Imperial and International Communications Company
took over from the Indo-European Telegraph Department, but
the Political P.esident informs me that it was apparently
only in August 1938 that the local stations learnt that
official stores were, - under the agreement, - exempt from
duty, ftad the London office of the Company brought the
terms of the agreement to the notice of their local agents
at the time of signature, infinite trouble would have been
saved and financial loss avoided. Moreover, while I request
ed 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 July 1933, to obtain details of
the sums paid, he was unable, in spite of every effort, to
obtain this information until February 1934, seven months
later. For thls delay again the Company have only themselves
to thank.
I will not fail to report in due course the reply
of the Persian Government to my representations but as X
/have
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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