'File No. 17/18 BAHRAIN-BUSHIRE CABLES.'

Title:

'File No. 17/18 BAHRAIN-BUSHIRE CABLES.'

Date:

1946/1946

Description:

Abstract: Correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence) regarding the Bushire to Bahrain submarine cable which had been laid in 1935 without the consent of the Persian Government and discussing the Cable and Wireless concession at Bushire, which granted them oversight of the cable, which was signed in 1946.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folio 5.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-4; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Telegraph cables
Cable and Wireless Ltd

Geographic region:

Bushire

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a6_en
IOR/R/15/2/567
IOR/R/15/2/567

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