Coll 37/114(5) Resumption of climbing expeditions 1946: Lt Col F Smythe's proposed Himalayan botanical expedition up to the area in and around the bend of the Brahmaputra, 1947
Coll 37/114(6) Himalayas: Major H W Tilman; expedition 1939 (Peak Gori-Chen, etc); resumption of climbing expeditions 1946; proposal to take expedition to Nameha Barwa or Gori Chen
Coll 37/104 ‘Travellers. Passports for employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers concerning concessions from the British Passport Office and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to expedite exit permits and visas for British employees of oil companies in the Persian Gulf. The main Gulf-based oil companies...