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21. IOR/L/PS/12/3944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3944
Title:
Coll 30/204 ‘Persian Gulf Oil. Future of oil in its relation to the Middle East – Admiralty Memorandum on –’
Scope & Content:
The file contains: a copy of an Admiralty memorandum, dated 11 October 1940, entitled ‘The Future of Oil in its Relation to the Middle East’; and correspondence related to the memorandum and to the arrival in Iran of eight German officers, who were suspected of being involved in activities again...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1940-27 Nov 1941
Extent:

1 file (31 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/18/B221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B221
Title:
'Germany and the Middle East'
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, by Joseph Austen Chamberlain, contains a report of a lecture 'Germany and the Middle East', by Dr Paul Rohrbach given at the Hamberg Volksheim which was printed in Hamburger Fremdenblatt, 3 December 1915. The report discusses Rohrbach's opinions on the current situatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1915
Extent:

1 folio

23. IOR/L/PS/18/B314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B314
Title:
Railway Policy in relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed report by the General Staff, War Office, concerns Great Britain's railway policy in relation to general military policy in the Middle East, covering projects in Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Syria and Palestine. There are also details concerning the question of track gauge and general ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/18/B341

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B341
Title:
Mesopotamia and Middle East: Question of Future Control
Scope & Content:
This is a secret printed memorandum, dated 1 June 1920, with an introductory note, dated 2 June 1920, by the Edwin Samuel Montagu (initialled E S M), Secretary of State for India. It concerns the question of future British control in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Middle East. The memorandum discusses th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/18/B358

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B358
Title:
"Situation in Middle East" (Note by Major Bray, Political Intelligence Officer, attached to India Office)
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report by Major Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, Political Intelligence Officer attached to the India Office, on Soviet activities and influence in the Middle East and the implications for British interests in the region. The document was prepared as a departmental minute. It discusses s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1920
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/20/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/63
Title:
The Muntafik. Al Sa'dun, Bani Malik, Ajwad, Bani Sa'id, Bani Huchaim
Scope & Content:
This volume contains details of the Muntafik [Muntafiq], a confederacy of tribes in the Middle East, which is made up of tribal groups including the Bani Malik, Ajwad and Bani Sa'id. The volume opens with a historical outline of the development of the group before providing further details about...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/294
Title:
File 8/5 Monthly Intelligence Summaries, Iraq
Scope & Content:
The volume contains monthly Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence summaries from Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi, Iraq, for the period between January and June 1935. Each report is divided into sections that relate to a particular country of the region, as follows: Iraq, Turkey, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1935-Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/334
Title:
File 8/40 British Supply Mission (Middle East) Monthly Letter
Scope & Content:
The file consists of monthly reports of the British Supply Mission (Middle East) from June 1946 to January 1947. Each report, marked secret, opens with an introductory statement consisting of notes on the global food supply situation, including political developments. The reports are then divided...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1946-Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/335
Title:
File 8/42 Activities of the Development Division of the British Middle East Office
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence and memoranda relating to the activities of the Development Division of the British Middle East Office, Cairo. Contained within the file are periodic reports on the establishment and progress of the Division's work in the Middle East. These were sent to the Po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1946-16 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/5/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/292
Title:
File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the organisation of rescue operations coordinated by the British naval, air force, and army stations, primarily in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions. The papers list various military stations and bases alongside the area coordinates for which respecti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1947-9 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)