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'File 12/1 III Cable and Wireless Ltd' [‎31r] (61/156)

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The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1950-25 Nov 1950. 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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2 V' 1 z/-i/ 50 .
^he British Consulate,
12 ^ ***** v#*
c©ar XalsUy of «oitoi f
i lcauBO nefor to your letter Mo# !*♦ 44 ^jO/ 2 dated
it* 21 th Haf 1530#
} •>» will aee froei the correspondenoe that wo have
booa acting under the inotruotioae of the esidenoy, and as they
T?oro rgf r ^ai^g oc*pi«6 of eorreapondenoe to you wo wont ahead with
the matter, but in suoh a mantier that it would not preclude
cay ou^octicm cr aa^opptl from you,
#o have no plans of th» property taken over by the
Ministry of *orfe* hat imderotand you alra^y have theta, md £rc&
%tm» it osa proaur^hly ho aeon otiioh raortew are in question
and whether you have taken them over, am two diauaod
outside kitohenn hoing half of m fort** block of four kitchens,
two of vhieii wero sold by the Governmoac of L ndi& to Cahl« end
cirofteea foraorly for housing a small pswar pl r nt. rhey now
merely want to ro«t on a tesporary basis* uatil the oemership of
the ia oUrifiod, the two otb&r -uartera &s a atorarooin.
Oar P.u Bo* 22/12/l/yG dated the 2 pth : ay to
lip* Polli>rd forwards the details of the proposed 1 aso, and it is
still -pen to you to sake a sore formal arrangeaeat, or to «.;:onv?.
thi'» soo or to cancel it altogether ( vide copy of the eneloct x
letter ot the 24th ^*yr 1530 )*
Kindly intimate your decision a* soon as possible*

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The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.

The papers include: draft of a Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Licence between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Cable and Wireless Limited; draft and agreed versions of the Muscat-Muttrah Telephone Licence between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Cable and Wireless Limited; related correspondence, including letters from the Overseas Telecommunications Department of the General Post Office, London, summarising the position which the negotiations over the Company's concession had reached; correspondence concerning a site for the Company's Exchange, including a plan of the Muscat Consulate Compound and Adjacent Buildings, 1948 (folio 77), showing the Company's proposals to take over and extend an existing building there; and correspondence between the Ministry of Works, Middle East, 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, and the Company, concerning the lease of buildings to the Company from the British Government.

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1 file (76 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 78; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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