File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia: Telegraphs: Position of I.E.T. Dept:’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia: Telegraphs: Position of I.E.T. Dept:’
- Date:
- 1929/1929
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence, concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia [Iran]. The correspondence mainly relates to negotiations between the British and Persian Governments for the relinquishment of British control of a portion of the Indo-European Telegraph system in Persia, and negotiations between the British Government and the Imperial and International Communications Company Limited for the transfer of that portion of the telegraph system which would not be transferred to the Persian Government.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Robert Clive) and HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran (Raymond Cecil Parr); the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Government of India Department of Industries and Labour; and the Director of the Persian Section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department (Eric Norris).The file includes copies of several documents in French including: a letter from the Persian Minister of Court to Sir Robert Clive, dated 20 August 1929, with a copy of a 'Protocole relatif à Henjam'; and correspondence between Clive and the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated October 1930.Other correspondents include Imperial and International Communications Limited, and the Indo-European Telegraph Company Limited.The file also includes India Office minute papers and internal India Office notes.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 461; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Negotiation
Telegraph lines
Indo-European Telegraph Line - Geographic region:
- Persia
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00029f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00029f_en
IOR/L/PS/10/1269
IOR/L/PS/10/1269