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101. IOR/R/15/2/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/761
Title:
‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, reports and other papers concerning oil storage facilities requested by the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC) at Muharraq airfield in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1943-14 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

102. IOR/R/15/2/762

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/762
Title:
‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1938-13 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (124 folios)

103. IOR/R/15/2/763

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/763
Title:
‘File 28/77 War – Reserve of spare parts for oil companies to be kept at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to proposals, initially raised by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) to retain in Bahrain a stock of spare parts used by the region’s oil industries (in particular the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC)), should a major war lead to d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1939-22 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

104. IOR/R/15/2/764

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/764
Title:
‘File 28/78 Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait’s messages of loyalty and BAPCO’s [Bahrain Petroleum Company’s] offer of help at outbreak of war – Shaikh’s gift’
Scope & Content:
The file includes letters, telegrams and other papers relating to messages of support received by British Government officials in the Gulf, from the Rulers of Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah, and from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), in response to events in Europe that resulted in Britain’s de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1939-13 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

105. IOR/R/15/2/765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/765
Title:
‘File 28/79 Discovery of wireless set at Jazirat Shaikh Shuaib’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the discovery of a wireless set, with parachute attached, at Kuwait, and four similar devices found near Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], reported by the Political Agent at Kuwait [Gordon Noel Jackson] and the British Consular Agent at Lingah respectively, i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1945-24 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)