Coll 29/118(7) 'Disposal of unwanted consular property in Bushire' [‎85r] (169/234)

Britieh Embassy,
247/72/48
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14th September,
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Will you kimly refer to the first paragraph of our
telegram No*l 8 of 8 th September, 1948, on the aubject of the
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. which foreshadowed our recommendations
for the disposal of the Bahmanl Electric plant?
I. Mr* Walters' Valuation Report -
Bahmani Electric Plants dated
5.3.48.
II. Government of India Express
Letter. Fl8(51)-IA/47, dated
27.5.48.
III. Bahrein Express Letter 56~IIp962
dated 27.9.48.
IV. Government of India Express
Letter, D3328-A/47, dated 16*10*47.
V. Bahrein Express Letter 5&-IIA026,
dated 3*12*47.
VI. Government of India Express Letter
D1684-IA/47, dated 10.1.48.
VII. Tehran telegram No* 58 of 30*6 # 48.
VIII Bushire telegram No *89 of 5* 7.48.
IX. Bushire Vice-Consulate despatch
V/3A0, dated 15*7.48.
X. Tehran letter 247 / 63 / 48 , dated
19.8.48.
XI. Bushire Vice-Consulate telegram
B/2 of 3*1*48.
I enclose copies
of the correspondence
cited in the margin
relating to the Electric
Plant and to two con
signments of new machinery
and spare parts for it
ordered by the Indian
Public Works Department,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Section, from
England in 1946 - 47 .
A short account of
the action taken by this
Enbassy regarding the
Plant will be found at
paragraph 7 (viii) of the
memorandum enclosed with
our Chancery letter 35/85/48
of the 7th June 1948. The \
existing Plant is describe^ r/
in Mr* Walters' Valuation A
Report, a copy of which is
appended for convenience of
reference (Enclosure I.).
Prom the enclosed correspondence it will be seen that, at
the end of March last, when we began to negotiate with the
Persian Ministry of Health for the safe of the 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.
together with the Bahmani Plant, we had no knowledge of the
existence of even the first consignment of new e quipment. that
mentioned in 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. 's Express letter 56 -IIP 962 of the
27 th September 1947 (Enclosure IH.) For some reason best known
to themselves, 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. 's Office when (as described
in our memorandum referred to above) we asked them for copies of
correspondence relevant to the whole of the Plant, omitted from
the papers they sent us all reference to the Crompton Parkinson
Generator and Static Balancer. We did not learn of the
existence of this new equipment until 12th June, when we received
copies of correspondence about it from the Government of India
(Enclosures III to VI). As for the second consignment, although
B*W* Selby, Esq*,
2eul £ 6 Kingdom High Commissioner,
/the