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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/557-572

11. IOR/R/15/2/567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/567
Title:
File No. 17/18 BAHRAIN-BUSHIRE CABLES.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence) regarding the Bushire to Bahrain submarine cable which had been laid in 1935 without the cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1946-19 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/2/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/568
Title:
File No. 17/20 MIDDLE EAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS' ADVISER.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the position of Middle East Telecommunications Adviser, later Attaché, which was created in May 1946, with Herbert Gray Sinclair appointed to the post, but was discontinued in June 1948. Included in the file are details of the responsibilities of the position; a tour of the M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1946-28 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/2/569

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/569
Title:
File No. 17/21 WIRELESS STATION AT SHARJAH.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses rumours that the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) were to evacuate their facility at Sharjah in 1947 and that Cable and Wireless Limited were interested in taking over their wireless facilities there; however the rumours were shown to be incorrect. A series of file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1947-18 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/2/570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/570
Title:
File No. 17/22 R/T FACILITIES FOR GRAY MACKENZIE & COMPANY, LIMITED, BAHRAIN.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a proposal by Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited to introduce portable wireless transmitting sets in order to keep in touch with their various branches on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf. A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1947-27 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/2/571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/571
Title:
17/24 USE OF WIRLESS FREQUENCIES FOR AIR NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1948-9 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/572

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/572
Title:
File No. 17/25 RECORDING OF SHORT WAVE FREQUENCIES BY BAHRAIN AND SHARJAH.'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter received from the General Department, Foreign Office relating to the operation of radio stations in the Persian Gulf, including the frequencies that such stations could be operated on and the regulations to be followed in registering frequencies and call signs. Also i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1948-8 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)