‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎9r] (17/194)

Extract from Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' ar Trade Bureau Report uo.la.
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'a ' 1 •ctivitles C a.'Dle and 'Pireless Coi.ii--e.nics -
In a cover dated 30-5-12 to the officer-in-Charge, Cable u
' ire Its.: Ltr ., T uscat, Cc.ble cc ire less Ltd. Karachi, enclose
inter alia confidential co^jies oi their Head C:~ice services
K/KS Larch and B/"'! May as follows:-
nan,, ’fey 1942. i;K562/C. MD CC Coys Impire Stns Via Cable
only 285 rUK M/Ln to Mote Bee l ore evidence available amen
coies Ml &ns invade empire and other areas to our det-r 1-
ment given in recent ancn publicatns Mn ^1 bring notice
authties wen opportune x telegraph and telephone age ior
Feb 1942 printed article headed quote radiotel carriers
start widescale cct expansn unquote article states ancn
radiotel carriers be an last ,onth ‘eel effects cessati-on
of comron with continental Europe and pacific points and so
moved cuickli to extend their facilities with double ain
providing adequate links ' ith USA and of r aking up i^or a owe
of lost business x chief step was taken by " 0/. and acx.a,
seeking authty federal conn ns commission for inauguatn
radio cats, to all imptnt British and Dutch colonies and
other points x for RC/. this invled authorisation for ccts
with Iran India S /fee Burma Fms New ^Ind B. Guiana and
Bda x for Mackay it invlvd ccts with Turkey Syria Fgput Java
Siberia Goldcoast Gambia Bda Burma Inc ia Fr:s T . ^land Iran
and S./fce FCC authorised parallel radio ccts with these
daces end of article as you 3now demands of amens have
much exceeded these recuests x in recent EC/. A publicatn
stated EC/ formed 1919 'give R / preeminence in radio
whereas 12L_ US.' dependent British cables now RC/ has det
cor: n with 49 countires to benefit amen commerce x today
US/ commn center of world whereas 20 y a,rs ago twas C-' x
US/ now supreme every phase radio TCi ahead of events
established ccts /ith Greenland Iceland Cr Brazzaville
FCh Ectl /fee x as tmnl after in Europe captured Indio
ccts leading to USA established at nee; sites end of
articles x the deliberate policy is clear.”
nx/E 155/0 MR CG Cable only E pire Stns 278 Fi_ 'larch
42, Stations 278 Fil, K/NS confidential policy of American
s egression in wireless core .unication has now reached con
siderable len tlis x /merican companies have taken advantage
of war situation to force long cherished policy of opening
wireless circuits between US/ and many parts of empire and
elsewhere no doubt as a means of future economic and
communications ewo&nsion x federal com unications commission
after having adopted policy of not authorising^second
American company to o^en competitive channel with any
articular foreign place has now authorised widespread
single or duplicate circuits both to EC/ and ackay radio
coii any with . laces in the entire arid else" were where no
traffic necessity can be siad to exist for such arrange
ment x over twenty new circuits between USA and various
parts of enq-ire have latterly been e plitude "y federal
com tunications commission whi st various other circuits,
some of them duplicate, i ith non e poire countries such as
Eritrea, Persia, Iraq and Egy_t, countries more or less
’rents are calculated to diminish our traffic and transfer
rates and maintenance of strategic cables were based from
our organisation to the _oekets of Americans and . they are
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and post war expansion to. the detriment of British interests
x the policy was adopted without any prior consultation
whatever with us'x the innovation is all the more regret
table because it probably endangers the empire^rate
structure upon which our activities have been louwded x
when nec ess axil, act with discretion in defence of ,
in this matter and keep head office infd.