The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Foreign Office on sundry matters, amongst which: visa arrangements for British nationals, petroleum development in Muscat and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) ...
The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Limite...
File 10/15 (10/22) Recruitment of women stenographers for BAPCO
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the British Ministry of Fuel and Power on the arrangement for the recruitment of women stenographers from the UK for work in Bahrain for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited. The reference number 10/22 on the cover is cr...
‘File 13/4 III: Facilities for Foreign Companies using Arab Route’
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The file, which is a continuation of correspondence in the volume ‘File 13/4 II Facilities for Foreign Air Company’s using Arabian Air Route’ (IOR/R/15/2/512), deals chiefly with the use of air facilities around the Arabian peninsula by United States aircraft during the Second World War. The fil...
‘File 13/30 Flight regulations in Persian Gulf States’
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The file contains copies of telegrams, sent from His Majesty’s Ambassador in Baghdad, relating to flight regulation changes made in the Persian Gulf and wider Middle East region: A telegram dated 29 May 1948 (f 2) informs of prohibition and restrictions of entry into airspace above Egypt and Pal...
The file contains correspondence relating to Japanese shipping activities in the Persian Gulf, 1934 to 1940. Topics discussed include: visits by Japanese trawlers to the region, possible justifications for excluding them from docking at local reports and how to discourage Japanese commercial pen...
17/24 USE OF WIRLESS FREQUENCIES FOR AIR NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.
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The file discusses the proposed new radio frequencies to be used by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) for their air navigational aids, and enquiries to Cable and Wireless (Cecil Edward Gahan), Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (L E Porter), Air Staff Liaison Officer at Bahra...
‘19/2 Gerhard Augustus Frederick Briesewick - A German Student’
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This file concerns the activities of a German named Gerhard Augusta Frederick Briesenick believed to be a student of Berlin University, travelling to India via the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf. The file contains correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at ...
Effects of Zubara [al-Zubārah] dispute on Imports into Qatar from Bahrain
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This file concerns an enquiry by Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, through Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, regarding whether motor agents to whom dollar credits are given are free to sell their cars to anybody who wishes to buy them, including ...
Correspondence discusses the issues involved in the purchase or lease of Masirah Island to Her Majesty's Government including: letter (ff 4-5) from R Peel, India Office to M R Bridgeman, Ministry of Fuel and Power. Discussion of a proposal to approach the Sultan of Muscat to sell or lease Masira...
