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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/651-765 Subject Evacuation Level [40] File

1. IOR/R/15/2/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/690
Title:
‘File 28/8 War. Evacuation of Bushire’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to British officials’ fears of the possibility of a German coup in Iran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf’s (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) proposals for the evacuation of Bushire, should circumstance necessitate it. The file co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1940-31 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/738

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/738
Title:
‘File 28/43 Removal of the pilot-balloon observatory in a grave emergency’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence relating to the operation of Bahrain’s Pilot Balloon Observatory, used to recorded meteorological data, during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield); and the Superintending Meteorolo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1942-28 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)