IOR/R/15/6/402-413

The Roads and Communications files of the Political Agency, Muscat mostly concern mail and telegraph services in Muscat and Gwadar.

The files cover the following topics: a single letter discussing the possibility of a commercial motor route from Kuwait to Haifa, 1937 (IOR/R/15/6/402); the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat, 1934-51 (IOR/R/15/6/403-407); proposals for improvements to the mail service at Muscat, 1943-48 (IOR/R/15/6/408-409); the procedure for the transmission of, and payment for, telegrams sent from Salalah [Şalālah] by Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, or his representative there, 1947 (IOR/R/15/6/410); a Foreign Office circular dated 1947 entitled 'Economies on Communications: Report' (IOR/R/15/6/411); Post Office buildings at Gwadur [Gwadar], 1936-42 (IOR/R/15/6/412); and postal services at Muscat and Gwadar, 1945-48 (IOR/R/15/6/413).