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271. IOR/L/PS/12/784

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/784
Title:
Ext 249/43 'René Piquemal'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Department, the Office for the High Commissioner for India, and the British Mission to the French National Committee, regarding a missing soldier named René Piquemal, who was said to be employed in a steel factory in India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1943-22 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

272. IOR/L/PS/12/785

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/785
Title:
Ext 271/43 Censorship of messages sent by Turkish mission in New Delhi
Scope & Content:
The file contains a telegram from the Government of India, External Department, to the Secretary of State for India, informing that restrictions were applied to the messages sent by the Turkish mission in New Delhi.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

273. IOR/L/PS/12/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/786
Title:
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

274. IOR/L/PS/12/787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/787
Title:
Ext 329/43(1) ‘SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with replacing sugar previously obtained by the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) from India with sugar supplied from the United Kingdom; sugar production in India and Pakistan had fallen following the end of the Second World War (1939-194...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1947-7 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

275. IOR/L/PS/12/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/788
Title:
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1943-5 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

276. IOR/L/PS/12/790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/790
Title:
Ext 345/43 'Indiscretions of Soviet consul at Kermanshah'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of letters between the British Legation, Tehran, and the Foreign Office about the report on celebration on the tenth anniversary of the Russian revolution in Kermanshah written by Political Adviser, Colonel Fletcher. In his report he explains the indiscretions of Sov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1942-17 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

277. IOR/L/PS/12/791

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/791
Title:
Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit'
Scope & Content:
Thefile consists primarily of letters between the Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Treasury about a Swissapplication to send watches to Kuwait. The Foreign Exchange Control and theLocal Government accept the Swiss application and the watches are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1942-7 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

278. IOR/L/PS/12/792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/792
Title:
Ext 468/43 'Telegram despatched on behalf of John Swire and Sons Ltd'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of a letter and a telegram draft. The letter from the Accountant-General, India Office, informs that the telegram was sent and asks for the refund of the cost of the telegram. The telegram was sent by Mr John Swire, agent at Bombay, India, to Mr Ashley Clark at the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1943-29 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

279. IOR/L/PS/12/794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/794
Title:
Ext 660/43 'Colonel Bourguin'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of a letter between the Military Department in Clarence House, London, and the India Office regarding the location of Colonel Bourguin, a French citizen who left New Delhi for London to join the Fighting French. Both the India office and War Office are unsure of Bourg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1943-17 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

280. IOR/L/PS/12/796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/796
Title:
Ext 695/43 'Despatch of personal telegrams for O A Scott (Foreign Office)'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters and one telegram draft from the following: O A Scott, Foreign Office; India Office; HM Minister, Kabul. Captain Scott asks for telegrams to be sent to his son in Kabul. The matter at hand is Scott’s son’s share of trust funds.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1943-2 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)