Coll 35/11 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain wireless station; refusal of Persian government to accept telegraphic traffic to or from Bahrain' [‎87r] (174/284)

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BRITISH LEGATION, 1 S £
TEHRAN.
21st April, 1938.
Dear Lacy
Would you please refer to the correspondence
about the Iranian Government's refusal to accept telegrams
for Bahrein, ending with Fowle*s Express Letter to the
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Legation No. 8B of the 10th March, a copy of which went
' to 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. under No. 166 - S?
2. From the last paragraph of the letter from
Humphrey, the Karachi Manager of Cable and Wireless,
of which a copy is enclosed in Fowle’s Express Letter,
it appears that Humphrey thinks that representations
are being made to the Iranian Government about this
question. No suggestion for representations has been
made by 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. himself. Indeed it is
difficult to see on what ground they could be based, for
Article 27 of the International Telecommunication Convention
appears to give the Iranian Government the right to suspend
communication with Bahrein if they want to do so. Nor do
I think there would be any chance of representations meeting
with success. I would therefore deprecate any representations
on the subject, in spite of the inconvenience and expense which
must, I suppose result from the Iranian Government’s decision.
Would you let me know in due course whether you agree that
we should take no action?
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H.L. Baggallay Esquire
The Foreign Office.