Coll 28/87 ‘Persia. Railways. Mirjawa-Duzdap Section of Duzdap Railway; Zahidan Railway; Road communications between Persia & Indian Persia.’
Date:
1949/1949
Description:
Abstract: Correspondence relating to an enquiry dated 29 December 1948 from the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Haller Le Rougetel, to the Foreign Office, asking if the archives of the Government of India’s External Affairs Department dating prior to Indian partition (1947) can be freely shared with the Government of Pakistan. The specific document to which Le Rougetel’s enquiry relates is a secret memorandum on the Zahidan railway, situated on the frontier between Iran and Pakistan.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.