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Coll 30/126(2) 'Persian Gulf. Naval Base at Khor Kuwai. Erection of Wireless Transmitter and Call Station' [27r] (53/74)
The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 16 Jun 1944-9 Jun 1945. 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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3ir J» Sidney Baxnes, K.0*B.,
Adrairalliy,
t/hitehall, S. u* 1 •
Dear Barnes,
This Office wrote to the Admiralty on 'l 1 th
(our reference hOo is Bxtp 2361/44-/ asking ior ^or:iation
as to the circuitstances of the opening of a Janie
Station at IQior ^uwai in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, where iae
havy maintain an JL- Isalilishment oy agreejAeu'c ’#iti* uj.ig
S ultan of kuscat, to whom the territory in question
"belongs.
Tne political kesident h told us that tills
... -j
Station s»e/opened without giving him any intimacion and
T
so enabling him to give the Sultan prior notice^ as
should properly have been done. The Sultan, as you
know, is an independent Ruler and we have to wai.:
warily in our relations with him. moreover we are at
the moment contemplating negotiations with him -or lie
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This file contains correspondence between officials at 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. , the Political 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. and the Admiralty regarding the construction of a Cable and Wireless cable station at Khor Kuwai, Oman in 1944 and the station's subsequent closure in 1945.
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 (35 folios)
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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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3860
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- Coll 30/126(2) 'Persian Gulf. Naval Base at Khor Kuwai. Erection of Wireless Transmitter and Call Station'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence