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Coll 29/118(7) 'Disposal of unwanted consular property in Bushire' [‎45r] (89/234)

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The record is made up of 1 file (115 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1948-3 Nov 1949. 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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/^7 •
This is an unparaphrased version of a Secret cypher message and unless it is
marked O.T.P. (One Time Pad) or Publex roust first be paraphrased if commun
icated to persons outside British and Unitea States Government Services.
Any telegraphic retransmission of a telegram marked Publex must be in a One
Time System.
Outward Telegram from Commonwealth Relations Office
polit ical de partment
Pol (Ext, T
CYPliEHf TyyKY )
~~ high commissioner in India
REPTIJ TO : EMBASSY TEHRAN
20,00 hours, 18th February, 19/4-9)
Ho* 573 RESTRICTED
Addressed to U.K.High Commissioner in India No. 573 ,
repeated to Embassy, Tehran,
Your telegrams X175 of 27th January and X 267 of 11th
February and Tehran 1 s No, 123 of 7th February which was passed
to you as telegram No. 3. SatzaDad 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. . We have tried to
obtain figures from Ministry of Works to show up-to-date capital
coots of particular buildings but they have only an over-all figure
of 2 s. 4,07,230 which was originally quoted to them by Government
of Indla * They have however given an estimated current market
value lor Sabzabad 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. of Rs, 1,70,000,
It may be helpful to the Government of India to let them
,iave tnis figure and at same time wo suggest you convey to them our
view that as there is no question of asking Persian Government to
raise their offer and as buildings appear to be in a poor state
(vide paragraph 2 of Tehran’s telegram No. 123 of 7th February) it
is most desirable to close with the offer as soon as possible.

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The file concerns the sale of consular properties belonging to the British Vice-Consulates at Bushire and Bandar Abbas.

The file includes description of the buildings and the properties, and a valuation report for the Bahmani Electricity Plant at Bushire.

The file contains correspondence between the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy at Tehran, the UK High Commissioner in India, the UK High Commissioner in Pakistan, the British Vice-Consulate at Bushire, and the Foreign Office.

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1 file (115 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. There are notes at the beginning of the file, on folios 2-7. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 117; 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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