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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Cable and Wireless Ltd, 1929-1981

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1269

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1269
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia: Telegraphs: Position of I.E.T. Dept:’
Scope & Content:
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 I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Feb 1929-24 Nov 1929
Extent:

1 volume (459 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1270

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1270
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia. Telegraphs’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office minute papers, regarding the withdrawal from Persia [Iran] of the Indo-European Telegraph Company and the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD). It includes papers relating to the following: The decision of the Indo-Europe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Nov 1930-4 Jun 1931
Extent:

1 volume (408 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/766
Title:
Ext 6047/42 Improvement of amenities of government servants in essential enterprises in the Persian Gulf (Cable and Wireless, Bahrain Petroleum Co)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Government of India, External Department; the Ministry of Fuel and Power; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee; and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), regarding recreational facilities for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1943-10 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/970
Title:
Ext 222/45 'Loss of Company Code Book by Cable & Wireless, Bushire'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India regarding the security risk for the loss of Cable and Wireless's company code book.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1945-24 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1093

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1093
Title:
Ext 6154/45 Non-receipt of items 1-8 Weekly Air Letter to Government of India no 44, 10 Nov 1945
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a pair of telegrams between Cable and Wireless and the Government of India regarding non-received items.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1945-26 Nov 1945
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1330
Title:
Pol Ext 16303/48 'Col. H.C.G. Bloodworth's official visit to Teheran'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains a telegram from the British High Commission to Pakistanrequesting accommodation in Tehran for an official visit by Colonel H C GBloodworth of Cable and Wireless Ltd.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1948-5 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1497

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1497
Title:
Coll 1/59 'Aden. Lease of the Perim Coal Company at Perim: future of Perim and provision of a wireless set'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the operation of certain businesses on Perim, negotiations for their withdrawal from the island, and arrangements for the Government of India to assume responsibility for maintaining essential services previously provided by the companies. The papers primaril...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1935-21 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (456 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3420
Title:
Coll 28/23 ‘Relations with H.M.G: Negotiations 1928–31 Withdrawal of I.E.T Dept.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the drafting of an agreement between the Governments of Britain and Persia [Iran], concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, and the subsequent taking over of cables and equipment in Persia by the Persian Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
29 May 1931-12 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 volume (407 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3423
Title:
Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G. Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to food and supply shortages suffered by staff of the Indo-European Telegraph Department manning telegraph stations along the Persian coast of the Persian Gulf. The file’s principal correspondents include the India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite), Imperial and Internatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1931-13 May 1932
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)