Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Iran. – in the House of Commons at on 1 October 1941.
Mr. Cary asked:
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the telegraph system and wireless stations in Persia are to be placed under the control of the British and Indian Governments?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
