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'File 12/1 II CABLE & WIRELESS MUSCAT' [3r] (5/30)
The record is made up of 1 file (13 folios). It was created in 21 Feb 1949-5 Dec 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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The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.
Correspondence on two separate topics has been merged in the file: (1) Correspondence concerning Abdul Jalil Zawawi, a Cable and Wireless probationer, who had run away from the Company's school in Karachi and gone to Lahore. The Company wished to enlist the assistance of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat in obtaining the boy's repatriation from Pakistan to Muscat; (2) Correspondence concerning a request by the Company for the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's help in reopening negotiations with the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] concerning a new draft telecommunications concession. The papers include a copy of a letter from the Overseas Telecommunications Department of the General Post Office to the Foreign Office, dated 9 November 1949, describing the state of negotiations over the concession.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (13 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; 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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/404
- Title
- 'File 12/1 II CABLE & WIRELESS MUSCAT'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:7v, 9r:9v, 13r:13v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence