PZ 6556/40 'Hawking of Sterling Notes in the Middle East.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Consul General, Beirut, the British Ambassador to Iraq, the Foreign Office and the Treasury, regarding the smuggling of Sterling notes into the Middle East, and possible ways to end the practice.
PZ 6584/40 'The British Summer Legation at Gulhek. Provisional Edition, 1939'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a printed copy of the report 'British Summer Legation at Gulhek. Provisional Edition, 1939' written by Lacy Baggallay. The report discusses the history, property, water supply, buildings, plans and reports relating to the British summer legation at Gulhek, seven miles north of...
The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to the Secretary of State for India. The correspondence relates that, on the pretext that...
PZ 347/41 'Visit of Mr. Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, to Middle East & U.K - requesting facilities.'
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The file contains a letter from the Dominions Office to the India Office, with a request to secure facilities for safe passage of Mr Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, on his journey through British possessions to the United Kingdom, and in particular to secure news censorship of his mo...
PZ 508/41 'Propaganda in Iran. (Consignment of Indian Wheat).'
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The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iran, the Secretary of State for India, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department, discussing the detestation felt by many in Iran for the Shah and for the British, who are perceived to have helped the Shah to seize power. ...
The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe, Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Departme...
PZ 758/41 'The Handbook of the Persian Army, 1925.'
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The file contains correspondence from the Chief of the General Staff to the Secretary of the India Office, Military Department, providing instructions regarding the safekeeping and subsequently the destruction of four copies of The Handbook of the Persian Army.
This file contains a telegram from HM Ambassador to Iraq to the Foreign Office, informing that instructions have been issued regarding the surveillance and restriction on movement within Iraq of an individual named Nasir Shaabad.
The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Ministry of Information, Censorship Division, regarding intercepted Italian and German broadcasts of an alleged engagement between the Fakir of Ipi and British ...
PZ 916/41 'Discontinuance of "Guidance Telegrams."'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a telegram from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Secretary of State for India, requesting the discontinuance of guidance telegrams. The telegram is accompanied by internal notes confirming that the request has been carried out.