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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Tibet, Asia Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1970
Title:
Coll 5/23 ‘Violation of Tibetan territory by aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by an American aircraft in Tibet on 30 November 1943, and the subsequent rescue of the airmen and their return to India. A detailed account of the incident can be found in a letter written by George Sheriff, Head of the British Mission...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1943-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2175
Title:
Coll 7/6 'Tibet: supply of arms from British sources'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the supply of arms, ammunition and training by the British to the Tibetan Government. The details of the 1921 agreement between Britain and Tibet, the quantity of munitions to be supplied, and the intended use of the arms (for internal policing or exter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1931-19 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (320 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/G43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/G43
Title:
The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence
Scope & Content:
The volume, written by Valentine Chirol and printed in London by John Murray in 1903, is based on a series of letters written by Chirol during a journey through Persia and the Persian Guf, that appeared in The Times in 1902 and 1903. The main topics are: the concept of 'Middle East'; the Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 volume (306 folios )

4. IOR/L/PS/20/MM9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MM9
Title:
‘EXTERNAL MEMORANDA. APRIL 1903 TO DEC. 1905.’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of memoranda produced by the Government of India Foreign Department. They were originally enclosed with Secret Letters to the Secretary of State for India, dated July 1903-January 1906, but these letters are not included in the volume. The memoranda are divided into five gro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1903-1 Jan 1906
Extent:
1 volume (347 folios)