Abstract: This file contains two copies of a concession agreement between Cable & Wireless Limited and the Government of Bahrain (represented by Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain). The agreements (folios 3-16) were signed in the presence of Hugh Dunstan Rance, the British Political Agent in Bahrain and have wax impressions of the Agency's official seal on the reverse of their final folios. The agreements are bi-lingual (English and Arabic) and every folio of one copy (folios 10-17) has been stamped with Shaikh Salman's personal seal.The file also contains draft copies of the agreement (folios 17-32) in both English and Arabic with annotations and corrections in pencil.Physical description: File containing loose sheets that were previously bound with treasury tags.The file's foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains letters and telegrams by the Political Agent at Bahrain, authorising the use of radio telephonic communications between Bahrain and Dharhan, to communicate messages for California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), and confirmation of communications by BAPCO.There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 78-80).The reference number 10/15 on the cover is crossed and the file was then renumbered as 10/19A.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner. The numbering begins on the first page of writing, on number 1, and runs through to 81, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file.
Abstract: The file’s contents relate to the proposed joint-use of the aerodromes at Bahrain and Sharjah for both civil and military purposes, and are chiefly comprised of a series of papers entitled ‘General Principles and Practices to be followed at Joint-User Airfields Overseas’, issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air Ministry Co-ordinating Committee. The first paper, bearing the reference number (48)1 (ff 4-8), deals with a range of generalised issues (responsibilities, finance, administration, supply, briefing and telecommunications) without any specific reference to the airfields at Bahrain or Sharjah. The second paper, reference (48)2 (ff 9-10), specifies airfields covered by the joint-user plan, including air traffic control authorities and the authorities responsible for telecommunications facilities, and specifies whether these will be under RAF or civilian authority (the latter being the case for Bahrain and Sharjah). The third paper, reference (48)4 (ff 11-14, with revisions on ff 17-18), is a detailed plan of telecommunications staffing and facilities for Sharjah and Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning arrangements for wireless radio communications at Bahrain during wartime. Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); representatives of the India Office (John Percival Gibson), the Admiralty (N J Margetts), the Air Ministry (M H Ely), and the Foreign Office (H M Eyres); the Chairman of Cable & Wireless Limited.The file includes:correspondence concerning the provision of a twenty-four-hour radio watch by the Cable & Wireless office at Bahrain in the event of war, including: correspondence between the India Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, and Cable & Wireless head office in London, concerning the costs and requirements for emergency radio watches at Bahrain (ff 2-31, ff 41-44);correspondence relating to the practicalities of communication between Jedda and the outside world during war, including: a demi-official letter written by His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda, Reader William Bullard, on the technical practicalities of communications, including the use of wireless transmissions inside Saudi Arabia, and possible use of the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company’s (CASOC) wireless telephone network (ff 33-39);a letter from the India Office to the British Consul (meaning Political Agent) at Bahrain, dated 11 September 1939, asking whether Bahrain can receive BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) short wave bulletins, and Reuter transmissions either on short wave or by cable (f 45).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 50; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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.
Abstract: The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.Correspondence on two separate topics has been merged in the file: (1) Correspondence concerning Abdul Jalil Zawawi, a Cable and Wireless probationer, who had run away from the Company's school in Karachi and gone to Lahore. The Company wished to enlist the assistance of the Political Agent, Muscat in obtaining the boy's repatriation from Pakistan to Muscat; (2) Correspondence concerning a request by the Company for the Political Agent's help in reopening negotiations with the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] concerning a new draft telecommunications concession. The papers include a copy of a letter from the Overseas Telecommunications Department of the General Post Office to the Foreign Office, dated 9 November 1949, describing the state of negotiations over the concession.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.The papers include: correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, concerning the installation of air-conditioning in quarters occupied by the Company's staff; statistics of average monthly cable traffic at Muscat; and draft and final versions of the Wireless Telephone and Wireless Telegraph Licence granted by Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to Cable and Wireless Limited (signed on 1 December 1951), with related correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: 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, Muscat, and the Company, concerning the lease of buildings to the Company from the British Government.Physical description: 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 side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file relates to plans for the installation of an automatic telephone system in Muscat. It concerns reports that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] is considering introducing a telephone system (consisting of around 80-100 connections) to the towns of Muscat and Matrah (transliteration varies throughout).The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for India; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; representatives of the India Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, Cable and Wireless Limited, and the Automatic Telephone and Electric Company.The correspondence covers the following: the British authorities' concerns that the contract for the proposed work should go to a British firm, with Cable and Wireless Limited being considered the prime candidate; Cable and Wireless's initial reluctance to take an interest in the proposed installation, following 'none too happy' experiences with telephone systems in Bahrain and Kuwait; the submission of a tender in February 1947 by the Automatic Telephone and Electric Company for the supply of telephone equipment to Muscat; proposals submitted in September 1947 by Cable and Wireless for the installation of a telephone system in Muscat and Muttrah, including details of installation costs, and a stated intention to invite tenders for the supply of material in the form of sub-contracts.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 80; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-14; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains a telegram from the Government of India, External Department, to the Secretary of State for India, informing that restrictions were applied to the messages sent by the Turkish mission in New Delhi.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains a request from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for India, requesting stationery for Cable and Wireless Limited, 'essential for war communications'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, and the India Office, regarding the despatch of the same telegrams by mistake both enciphered and en clair.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.