'File No. 17/20 MIDDLE EAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS' ADVISER.'

Title:

'File No. 17/20 MIDDLE EAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS' ADVISER.'

Date:

1946/1948

Description:

Abstract: The file discusses the position of Middle East Telecommunications Adviser, later Attaché, which was created in May 1946, with Herbert Gray Sinclair appointed to the post, but was discontinued in June 1948.Included in the file are details of the responsibilities of the position; a tour of the Middle East taken by the adviser in 1946; a report on telecommunications in Bahrain and Sharjah in 1947; and a proposal to establish a telephone or telegraph line between Dubai and Sharjah owing to the increased traffic between the two places.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 21-23.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 24; 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 2-14 and an additional foliation/pagination sequence between ff 15-23; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Telecommunications
Middle East Telecommunications Attaché

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a7_en
IOR/R/15/2/568
IOR/R/15/2/568

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