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41. IOR/R/15/2/697

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/697
Title:
‘File 28/10-(f) Italian on board “Helka”’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the presence on board the tanker Helka, sailing from Aden to Bahrain, of an Italian, whom British officials instruct should not be allowed to land at Bahrain. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the Chief...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1940-10 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

42. IOR/R/15/2/698

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/698
Title:
‘File 28/12 Establishment of Contraband Control Centre’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the transport and trade in contraband goods through the Gulf during the Second World War, with particular reference to the trade in goods of enemy origin or destination. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1939-4 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

43. IOR/R/15/2/699

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/699
Title:
‘File 28/13 Black out and A.R.P. [Air Raid Precaution] measures in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, copies of official notices and regulations, and other papers, relating to air raid precautions and passive air defence measures taken in Bahrain throughout the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1940-22 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (314 folios)

44. IOR/R/15/2/700

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/700
Title:
‘File 28/14 War. Ship warrant scheme’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of a Ship’s Warrant Scheme by the Government of India, intended to restrict access to British port facilities during wartime to vessels that are either British, or belong to the British Commonwealth, the United Sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1940-16 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

45. IOR/R/15/2/701

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/701
Title:
‘File 28/14-Annexe. Ship warrants (routine file).’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the issue of ship’s warrants and other shipping regulations applicable to oil tankers passing through Bahrain during wartime. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1940-24 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (79 folios)

46. IOR/R/15/2/702

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/702
Title:
‘File 28/15 Submarine Menace’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to enemy submarine activity in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman throughout the War. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1940-24 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

47. IOR/R/15/2/703

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/703
Title:
‘File 28/16 I Defence measures in the Gulf – Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to plans for the defence of Bahrain and the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf in general, in the event of a global war. Much of the correspondence deals specifically with the defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1937-24 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (154 folios)

48. IOR/R/15/2/704

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/704
Title:
‘File 28/16 Jurisdiction over neutral ships in Bahrain & Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, instructions and other papers relating to questions of jurisdiction over foreign (neutral) vessels in Bahrain and Kuwait waters, and British officials’ legal powers over the crew of such vessels. The correspondence was provoked by a specific incident ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1939-13 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

49. IOR/R/15/2/705

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/705
Title:
‘File 28/17-A Action to be taken in the event of entry into the war by Spain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence received from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India, relating to the prospects of Spain entering the war against the Allies. A Government of India telegram, dated 29 June 1940, sets out the immediate actions to be taken in the eve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1940-29 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

50. IOR/R/15/2/706

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/706
Title:
‘File 28/17-B Action to be taken in the event of an entry into the war by Japan’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating both to Japan’s anticipated entry into the Second World War, and eventual entry in the wake of the Japanese Navy’s attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1940-14 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)