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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Commonwealth Telecommunications Board, 1928-1969

1. IOR/L/PS/12/766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/766
Title:
Ext 6047/42 Improvement of amenities of government servants in essential enterprises in the Persian Gulf (Cable and Wireless, Bahrain Petroleum Co)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Government of India, External Department; the Ministry of Fuel and Power; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee; and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), regarding recreational facilities for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1943-10 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/4148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4148
Title:
Coll 35/41 'Persian Gulf: radio telephone communication between Bahrain, and the mainland of Saudi Arabia (Dhahran) for the use of Californian Standard Oil Company'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns private use of radio wireless communications between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for oil companies. The file contains: applications for permission to institute wireless communication between California Arabian Standard Oil Company in Bahrain and its representatives in Hasa [Saudi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1938-7 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (487 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4157
Title:
Coll 35/48(1) 'Persian Gulf: opening of telegraph office in Qatar'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions on the proposed opening of a telegraph office in Qatar. The file contains correspondence between: the Government of India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Commonwealth Communications Council; the India Office; and Cable and Wireless Limited.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1946-6 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/698

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/698
Title:
'C-85. 86/30 - I WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BAHRAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence regarding applications from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), represented primarily by Hamilton R Ballantyne and Max Weston Thornburg, for permission to install wireless apparatus and operate wireless te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1938-6 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 volume (195 folios)