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271. 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)

272. 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)

273. 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)

274. 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)

275. 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)

276. 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)

277. IOR/L/PS/12/799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/799
Title:
Ext 1077/43 'Utilisation of coke stocks in Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of one letter and a note from the Middle East Supply Centre in Cairo. The letter is a study of local resources in Persia regarding supplies and transport of coal and coal lumps and is composed of several parts covering the following topics: The supplies of coal lumps that civi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

278. IOR/L/PS/12/800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/800
Title:
Ext 1106/43 'Despatch of mail for Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Ltd'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two letters. The first letter is written by Mr H K Jones of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Ltd to Harold Anthony Caccia about arrangements for communication between them through the usual channels. The second letter is between an employee from the Foreign Office and H A F Rumb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1943-5 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

279. IOR/L/PS/12/801

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/801
Title:
Ext 1186/43 'Transmission of mail from Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain Island, to its Head Office in New York'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the transmission of internal correspondence between Bahrain and New York by the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The file covers concerns that sensitive information is being sent openly and is therefore vulnerable to enemy interception, and suggestions that future tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1942-17 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

280. IOR/L/PS/12/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/804
Title:
Ext 1237/43 'Representation of Middle East Supply Centre in Persia: appointment of Mustapha, agricultural expert'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises papers relating to requests made by the Ministry of Shipping to find a suitable agricultural adviser to represent the Middle East Supply in Centre in Persia. The principal correspondents in the file are the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of War Transport. The ministries...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1943-22 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)