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Language English Subject Telecommunications Name Cable and Wireless Ltd, 1929-1981

1. IOR/L/PS/12/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/771
Title:
Ext 6363/42 'Supply of stationery to Cable and Wireless Ltd, Bushire'
Scope & Content:
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'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1942-12 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/751
Title:
Cable and Wireless Concession Agreement with Shaikh of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
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 5-18) were signed in the presence of Hugh Dunstan Rance, the British Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/760
Title:
‘File 28/73 Tele-communications in time of war’
Scope & Content:
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 Perci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1938-6 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/280
Title:
File 8/88 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN MUSCAT.
Scope & Content:
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 Mat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1945-3 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/404
Title:
File 12/1 II CABLE & WIRELESS MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
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 Laho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1949-5 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/405
Title:
File 12/1 III Cable and Wireless Ltd
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1950-25 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/406
Title:
File 12/1 IV CABLE & WIRELESS LTD.
Scope & Content:
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 traf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1951-2 Dec 1951
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)