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CEMETERIES IN INDIA OWNED BY OR MANAGED BY THE UK. GOVT.
Max Galstaun made this Freedom of Information request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The request was successful.
From: Max Galstaun
7 July 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
1. Before and recently after Indian Independence on 15th August
1947 the UK Govt. through its various offices, known as the High
Commissions or Dy. High Commissions all over India owned and/or
managed a large number of cemeteries.
2. At some later date a decision was taken to hand over these
cemeteries to various local "Trusts" or other bodies in India,
unknown yet to the Indian Christian public or any public at all.
3. I am requesting you, under the Freedom of Information Act, to
release to me copies of all the above information in your files,
that may be contained in hard written copy or in electronic format
like emails, or computer files or in any other means or forms.
4. I understand that the records may be many. I shall be satisfied
if scanned copies are sent to me on CD via MSWORD format.
Thank you,
Yours faithfully,
MR KHATCHATURIAN
SHIRLEY
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
8 July 2009
Dear Max
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. It has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.
We received your request on 07 July 2009 and will aim to respond within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Bruce
Information Rights
Information Management Group | Information & Technology Directorate | Foreign & Commonwealth Office
email: [FCO request email]
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
30 July 2009
Dear Mr Galstaum
Please find attached correspondence relating to your Freedom of
Information request.
Yours sincerely
Doyin Adele
Doyin Adele| India, Bhutan Desk Officer| South Asia Group| Foreign and
Commonwealth Office| Room W.2.75 | King Charles Street| London SW1A 2AH| *
email: [email address] ( telephone: +44 20 7008 2376 ( fax: +44 20
7008 3258 ) ftn: 8008 2376
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
7 August 2009
Dear Mr Galstaun
Please find attached a letter in response to your request. I apologise for the delay in replying.
Regards
Doyin Adele
South Asia Group
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From: Max Galstaun
7 August 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
In order to help get things moving along, and based on your letter
to narrow down the search, I shall be happy, for now, if you send
me the following information on cemeteries in India :
1. All information held in your Calcutta offices, Dy. High
Commission on the Bhowanipore Cemetery wherein the War Graves
Commission graves are situated.
The other parts of my request remain the same as you may send me
scan copies on disk etc. if it is possible.
Yours faithfully,
Max Galstaun
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
7 August 2009
I will be out of the office till Monday 24 August. Please forward your email to Neil Kernohan if you require an urgent response from 10-14 Aug and to Joanne Crabtree from 17-21 August. If your email is personal, please resend to [email address].
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From: Max Galstaun
27 September 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I shall be interested to know why my request has not been attended
to even after the legal time-limit has expired.
It appears that you are breaking the law as each day passes in
violation.
Yours faithfully,
Max Galstaun
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
28 September 2009
Dear Mr Galstaun
Thank you for your email of 27 September which my colleague, Mark Lowen, has forwarded to me.
I am happy to confirm that a reply was sent to your enquiry about cemeteries in India on 7 August 2009. I am attaching another copy for your records.
Please let me know if I can help further.
Graham Holland
IMG | Information Rights Team | Room SG124 OAB | Tel No: 020 7008 1223 | Fax No: 020 7008 1114 | Email: [email address]
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From: Max Galstaun
28 September 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have read your response which is enclosed in the attachment.
I fail to understand why you are again directing me to the national
archives etc.
Let me put some facts before you that may enable you to concentrate
your mind before you reply to me again.
1. I had asked you about all the Cemeteries in India. You have said
that it would be quite a task, and would involve a lot of work etc.
You said it would help if I would narrow down my search.
2. I have narrowed down my search. I have asked you for material
concerning the Bhowanipore Cemetery Calcutta. That is quite a
narrowing down.
3. The Bhowanipore Cemetery, Calcutta, is also a War Graves
Commission graveyard. Therefore, it is right to assume that there
is existing and ongoing files of this Cemetery with the Dy. High
Commission, Calcutta.
4. I do not think that there are such huge volumes of files that it
will cause an extra-ordinary strain on the resources of the post at
Calcutta to furnish the information.
5. In short Sir, please furnish the information I require on the
Bhowanipore Cemetery.Enough time has passed with excuses.
Yours faithfully,
Max Galstaun
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
28 September 2009
Hello. I am leave on Friday, 25 September. Any non-urgent queries I receive will be actioned on my return. If you do need to contact someone urgently, please send your email to Michael Morley, or contact him on 020 7008 1195. In extremis, I can be contacted on my mobile number of 07811 32 12 12.
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
28 September 2009
Dear Mr Galstaun
Thank you for your email.
I am sorry that you are not happy with the response you received on 7 August to your earlier Freedom of Information request, reference 0526-09. In order to try to be helpful, can I suggest that we raise a new FoI request for you, based on paragraph two of your email, for information about Bhowanipore Cemetery, Calcutta.
If you agree with this course of action, please contact my colleague, Jackie Till, who I have copied into this email via the FCO FoI mailbox and we will raise the necessary request on your behalf.
Graham Holland
IMG | Information Rights Team | Room SG124 OAB | Tel No: 020 7008 1223 | Fax No: 020 7008 1114 | Email: [email address]
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From: Max Galstaun
28 September 2009
Dear Mr. Holland,
You wrote :
"In order to try to be helpful, can I suggest that we raise a new
FoI request for you, based on paragraph two of your email, for
information about Bhowanipore Cemetery, Calcutta."
I agree. I hope it will speed things up now.
Thank you,
Yours faithfully,
MAX GALSTAUN
Yours faithfully,
Max Galstaun
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
29 September 2009
Mr Galstaun
Thank you for your email.
I have forwarded it to my colleagues who will now open it as a new Freedom of Information request, featuring solely information about the Bhowanipore Cemetery, Calcutta. They will issue a confirmation of this new request to you.
Please let me know if you have any queries whilst your request is being handled.
Graham Holland
IMG | Information Rights Team | Room SG124 OAB | Tel No: 020 7008 1223 | Fax No: 020 7008 1114 | Email: [email address]
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
29 September 2009
Dear Mr Galstaun
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. It has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.
We received your request on 28 September 2009 and will aim to respond within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Jackie Till
Information Rights
Information Management Group | Information & Technology Directorate | Foreign & Commonwealth Office
email: [FCO request email]
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
26 October 2009
Dear Mr Galstaun,
Please find attached a letter in response to your FoI request, Ref
0822-09.
Regards
Doyin Adele
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the Data Protection Act 1998. We may release this personal information to
other UK government departments and public authorities.
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