PZ 8361/38 'Employment of German nationals in oil installations in the Middle East'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of papers regarding an investigation by the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East relating to the employment of German nationals in oil installations, particularly by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited and Ira...
PZ 8412/38 'Proposed purchase of two British ships by Persian Govt.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding the proposed purchase of two British ships by the Persian Government for trade between the Gulf ports and ports in India and Europe. Correspondents include the British Minister at Tehran, and the Foreign Office. The file includes a divider which gi...
PZ 8450/38 'Italian Exhibition at Rome (1942). Invitation to Sultan of Muscat to participate'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding an invitation to participate in an International Exhibition at Rome in 1942, issued by the Italian Legation at Baghdad to the Government of the Sultan of Muscat. Correspondents include: the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; a...
The file consists of covering letters produced to enclose various licences granted in pursuance of the Dangerous Drugs Acts 1920-32. The original export and Home Office licences are not included in the file. The correspondents include: the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Under Secretary of Sta...
PZ 166/1939 'Polish representation in Persia, Iraq and Afghanistan'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter which was forwarded from the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under Secretary of State for India in January 1939. The forwarded letter is dated 14 December 1938 and was sent by Howard William Kennard, HM Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Poland, to ...
PZ 262/39 Protection of the interests in Germany of British subjects and British protected persons (as a result of German anti-Jewish measures); position of foreign Jews in Italy
PZ 465/1939 'Basra Petroleum Company: possibility of a pipeline through Kuwait territory'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter to Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, from Gerald Simpson de Gaury, Political Agency, Kuwait, requesting advice regarding the possible piping of oil through Kuwait territory by the Basra Petroleum Company.
PZ 467/1939 'Proposed visit of Iraqi Boy Scouts to Kuwait'
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This file consists of three telegrams: two from the Political Resident, Bushire, and one from the British Embassy in Baghdad. The Political Resident wrote to HM Ambassador, Baghdad, and copied his correspondence to the Political Agent in Kuwait, the Secretary of State for India and the Government...