Pol. Ext 16769/48 'Tours of the Middle East by Mr Cornelius Van H Engert of the International Bank'
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The file contains a Foreign Office report regarding an upcoming tour of the Middle East by Cornelius Van H Engert, a representative of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Pol.Ext 16792/48 'Mr Logsdail: allowances due from Persian Gulf Lighting Service'
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This file contains documents relating to payments made to a Mr A Logsdail as Secretary to the Persian Gulf Lighting Service by the Government of India. The majority of the documents pertain to a dispute about payments due to Mr Logsdail between the Government of India and the British Government a...
Pol Ext 16872/48 'Accounts of Zahidan Consulate: Supervision Arrangements'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request for oversight of the accounts of the British Consulate at Zahidan (Zahedan), Iran to be transferred to the Government of Pakistan. The correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; Foreign Office; Commonwealth Relations Office.
Pol. Ext 16901/48 'Customs facilities for J. W. Meldrum'
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The file contains a request for customs facilities to be extended to J W Meldrum, Secretaryto the High Commissioner for India, for an upcoming visit to the UK.
Pol Ext 6443/49 'Information on rents, local wages and hire of furniture in Bagdad, for information of the High Commissioner for Pakistan in London'
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The file contains correspondence regarding the costs incurred by the British Embassy, Baghdad, in the payment of rents, wages for local staff and hire of furniture. The information has been compiled at the request of the High Commissioner for Pakistan in London. As well as the Embassy, the other ...
Pol Ext 6453/49 Tear-gas expert for Iraqi police: suggested appointment of Pakistani officer
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This file contains correspondence between the British Embassy in Baghdad and UK High Commissioner in Karachi regarding the secondment of a tear-gas specialist to the Iraqi police force. The papers discuss the inability of the Iraqi police to use newly obtained stocks of American tear gas without ...
Pol Ext 6494/49 'Deportation of Pakistani employees from Aramco'
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This file contains papers relating to the deportation of Pakistani workers from the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO). The employees numbered around 60 persons were suspected of being members of Pakistani communist groups. The file includes the list of demands sent to ARAMCO management, which...
Pol Ext 6943/49 'Brigadier Burrow's request for early history of the Faqir of Ipi'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Brigadier Hollis Martin Burrows for information from prior to 1936 on Haji Mirzali Khan Wazir, known to the British as the Faqir of Ipi. As well as Burrows, the other primary correspondent is the Commonwealth Relations Office.
Ext 7039/49 'Concerning the movements of Mullah Mustafa'
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The file contains two reports from the British Embassy, Baghdad, concerning attempts by the Government of Iraq to obtain information about the movements of Mustafa Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references conta...
Pol Ext 7649/49 'Access to Volumes of Lorimer's Gazetteer'
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Thefile contains correspondence regarding a request by Sir Lionel Haworth, formerPolitical Resident in the Persian Gulf, for access to the classified referencework Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (1908) by JohnGordon Lorimer. The correspondents are the Foreign Office and th...