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1. IOR/R/15/2/663

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/663
Title:
‘File 28/1 K III Defence of oil field & refinery’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda and other papers, many marked ‘Most Secret’, relating to plans for the defence and emergency demolition (‘oil denial’) of oil fields and refineries operated by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain, and the subsequent abandonment of these de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1942-10 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/718
Title:
‘File 28/28-(i) Military requirements (purchases etc. for the army)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the acquisition of oil industry equipment and supplies from the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), for use by British military headquarters at Basra, Iraq (later referr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-29 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (305 folios)