The file contains papers regarding potential employment opportunities for Lieutenant-Colonel Hamber, and detailing his particular expertise on the subject of Russia. The primary correspondents are: Government of India; India Office; Foreign Office.
Ext 4360/44 'Secondment of Lieutenant P C Pedersen, IE, to investigate government-owned factories'
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The file contains papers regarding the secondment of Lieutenant Pedersen of the Indian Engineers to investigate the administration of government owned factories in Persia, and discussing the potential division of responsibility for Pedersen’s pay and expenses between the Government of India and t...
Ext 4741/44 'Shipment of supplies to Muscat: Mozambique sugar'
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The file contains correspondence regarding imports of sugar, tea and other commodities from Mozambique to Muscat, and their onward export to Persia. The file covers considerations of increased restrictions on such imports and potential withholding of tea from India in order to uphold rationing. T...
Ext 4825/44 'Capt J N Gordon, Commander of Nearchus: application for passages for wife & family'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Captain Gordon to have his wife and two children transported to Basra to join him. The primary correspondents are: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident, Persian Gulf; India Office; Foreign Office; Agnes S Gordon,...
This file contains a pair of telegrams between HM Ambassador, Cairo, and the Government of India regarding travel information for Sir Ronald Cross's (United Kingdom High Commissioner for Australia) travel throughout India and Pakistan.
Ext 5034/44 'Discontent among Indian Personnel of Arabian American Oil Co. at Al Khobar and Dhahran'
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This file consists of correspondence mainly from the Political Agency, Bahrain, which details the Agent's arbitration of labour disputes between the Arabian American Oil Company and Indian 'artisan' labourers. The correspondence lists the workers' grievances and actions as well as the response by...
This file consists of correspondence between SN Chowdhury, the Nepalese Minister in London, and the India Office regarding Chowdhury's claim to the Bijni Raj Estate.
Ext 222/45 'Loss of Company Code Book by Cable & Wireless, Bushire'
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This file consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India regarding the security risk for the loss of Cable and Wireless's company code book.
Ext 254/45 'Memorandum by Mr. L. Lockhart on "The History of the Bahrain Islands."'
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This file consists of correspondence from the Foreign Office Research Department regarding the research by Lawrence Lockhart concerning the history of the Bahrain Islands.