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IOR/L/PS/12/4631
- Record Id:
- 040-000559740
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559739
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000691.0x000108
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100190529722.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4631
- Title:
- Coll 48/1 'Future of India's Foreign relations(as affected by Constitutional Reforms): appointment of Indian representatives to diplomatic posts abroad. Question of future representation in Persia and the Persian Gulf.'
- Scope & Content:
-
The papers (letters, memoranda, and compliments slips) relate to the administrative arrangements for facilitating diplomatic representation for India to follow the envisaged constitutional reform of independence. The correspondence reflects the development of British thinking on the nature of India's foreign relations and related staffing arrangements thereto from the immediate post-war situation through an interim status until the attainment of full independence by India and Pakistan on 15 August 1947. Reflected in the correspondence is some of the tensions between India and Pakistan relating to diplomatic protocol.
Matters discussed include:
- The presentation of a 'Letter of Credence' by the Indian Ambassador-delegate in Persia [Iran] and the establishment of Indian consulates in Persia
- The appointment of an Indian to the External Affairs portfolio on the Governor-General's Executive Council
- The posting to the British Embassy or consulates in Persia of Indian career officers from the Indian Political Service
- The Afghan Government's view that following the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1921 Afghanistan is in treaty relations with the British Government in the United Kingdom and not with India.
The file notably includes a copy of a secret and personal letter dated 19 November 1945 from Sir Reader Bullard, HM Ambassador, Tehran, to the Secretary, External Affairs Department, Government of India, concerning the appointment of Indians to positions in British diplomatic offices.
Also notably included is an extract from a private and secret letter, dated12 March 1946, from the Viceroy Lord Wavell to Lord Pethwick-Lawrence, Secretary of State for India and Burma [Burma or Myanmar], regarding the staffing of consulates in Persia and the division of costs between the Foreign Office and the India Office.
Correspondents include: the Office of the Accountant-General; the External Affairs Department, Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the High Commissioner for India; the British Embassy, Tehran; and the Commonwealth Relations Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000559739
040-000559740 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/4631-4693 : External Collection 48: India's Foreign Relations
IOR/L/PS/12/4631 : Coll 48/1 'Future of India's Foreign relations(as affected by Constitutional Reforms): appointment of Indian… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0049]/037-000559739[0001]/040-000559740
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (363 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 19 Jun 1945-23 Jun 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the loose inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 365; 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 at ff 3-365; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Coll 48/1
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Embassy in Iran, Tehran, 1944-
Commonwealth Relations Office, 1947-1966
High Commissioner to India, 1946-1950
Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department, 1937-1947 - Subjects:
- Colonial administration
Diplomacy - Places:
- India, Asia
Iran, Asia
Pakistan, Asia