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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language English Subject Military intelligence

1. IOR/R/15/2/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/294
Title:
File 8/5 Monthly Intelligence Summaries, Iraq
Scope & Content:
The volume contains monthly Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence summaries from Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi, Iraq, for the period between January and June 1935. Each report is divided into sections that relate to a particular country of the region, as follows: Iraq, Turkey, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1935-Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/325
Title:
File 8/24 Middle East Intelligence Centre Diaries
Scope & Content:
The file contains cover letters and correspondence relating to the distribution and destruction of the daily intelligence summaries of the Middle East Intelligence Centre in Cairo. A copy of the summaries was sent from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire to the Political Agenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1939-12 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/338
Title:
File 8/46 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Persian Gulf, Intelligence Reports
Scope & Content:
The file contains the periodic intelligence reports of the Staff Officer (Intelligence), based in Bahrain. The reports, marked secret, were issued roughly every quarter. The file contains the four reports released between October 1947 and October 1948. Each report consists of summarised intelli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1947-Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/599
Title:
‘WILFRED THESIGER’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the movements of Wilfred Thesiger at the end of his second crossing of the Empty Quarter [al-Rub‘ al-Khālī]. Correspondence in the file is between the Political Officer, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1948-27 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/673

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/673
Title:
‘File 28/1 V Visits to Bahrain of military officials (Brigadier Hughes & Party)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to visits by senior military officials to Bahrain, principally arrangements for the visit of Brigadier F E C Hughes (ff 6-50), referred to in the file as both Commander-Designate of Forces, and head of Persian Gulf Defence Mission, in late June/early Jul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1940-23 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/676
Title:
‘File 28/3 War. Security Intelligence Section. Movements and Activities of Enemy Agents.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to intelligence assessments made of a host of individuals whose background, actions, or suspected pro-Axis Power sympathies prompt British officials to pursue further enquiries into them. Principal correspondents in the file include members of the intel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1939-1 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (160 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/715

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/715
Title:
‘File 28/23 American Naval Observer at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the initial proposals for, and subsequent appointment and activities of, United States Naval Observers in Bahrain. Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1940-1 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/721

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/721
Title:
‘File 28/29 Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence received from or relating to the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI), including: a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) to his Political Agents, dated 1941, concerning the establishment ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1941-18 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/735

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/735
Title:
‘File 28/40 Proposed military occupation of Gulf ports & coast watching system’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises three items of correspondence relating to plans for reconnaissance flights over parts of the coast in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with a view to their occupation by British forces if necessary: a memorandum from Tenth Army headquarters, dated 25 June 1942 and marked mos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1942-6 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/14-15
Title:
File 6: Maps and Books
Scope & Content:
Two files consisting of various memoranda, letters, receipts and lists of maps, books, and military reports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1929
Extent:
2 files (401 folios)