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71. IOR/L/PS/12/3758

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3758
Title:
Coll 30/45(2) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Koweit Intelligence Summaries 1937-'
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of monthly intelligence summaries that were prepared by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The summaries are divided into a number of different thematic sections, the exact composition of which varies slightly from month to month, but usually includes a mixture of the foll...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1937-2 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (628 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/12/3874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3874
Title:
Coll 30/140 'Visits of foreign warships to Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns visits by foreign warships to Persian Gulf states that were under British protection. The British Government was concerned that such visits should obtain prior permission, particularly visits to the Trucial Coast in the 1930s, where British officials cited the Exclusive Agreeme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jan 1935-21 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/12/3916

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3916
Title:
Coll 30/178 'Location of Political Resident in time of war.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the question of whether to evacuate the Political Residency at Bushire in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of the Second World War. The file contains the views of HM Minister at Tehran, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the India Office, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1938-3 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (160 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/12/3923

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3923
Title:
Coll 30/185 'OIL: Hasa Oil. Qn of a pre-emption agreement.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the question ('Qn' in the file title) of whether the British Government required a pre-emption agreement (to commandeer oil in case of national emergency) in the case of oil from Hasa. The file includes correspondence on the matter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1938-29 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

75. IOR/L/PS/12/3759A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3759A
Title:
Coll 30/45(3) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Koweit Intelligence Summaries 1946 - Feb 1948'
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of fortnightly intelligence summaries that were prepared by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The summaries are divided into a number of different thematic sections, the exact composition of which varies slightly from month to month, but usually includes a mixture of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1946-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (138 folios)

76. IOR/L/PS/12/3865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3865
Title:
Coll 30/131 'Persian Gulf. Pearling. American process for the manufacture of cultured pearls'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and an American malacologist named Clarence F Hoy. The correspondence concerns a proposal by Hoy to introduce a method for the manufacture of cultured pearls somewhere in the British Empire, with Bahrain mentioned as a possible location...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1936-1 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/12/3950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3950
Title:
Coll 30/210 'Bahrein Oil: production of aviation fuel (100 octane) at Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a 100 octane aviation fuel production plant at the refinery of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) at Bahrain. The plant was to cost $18 million, and be 75% financed by the United States (US) Government. The papers cover: correspondence from the Governme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1938-15 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/12/3925

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3925
Title:
Coll 30/187 'Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf States.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the application to the Persian Gulf of amended prize jurisdiction in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of, the Second World War. Prize law related to the capture of enemy ships and goods during wartime. The Prize Act, 1939 extended prize law to aircraft also. The paper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1939-21 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/12/3962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3962
Title:
Coll 30/218 'Employment of foreigners by Bahrein Petroleum Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates solely to a request from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for permission to employ some French Canadians as additional operators. Permission for the request was granted by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file includes a divider, which gives a list of corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1943-2 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

80. IOR/L/PS/12/3967

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3967
Title:
Coll 30/223 'Survey of Trucial Coast by U.S.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a survey of the Trucial Coast in June to August 1945 by a United States Army Survey Mission. The survey was undertaken in conjunction with Survey Branch Middle East. Correspondence dated August-October 1945 discusses the Survey Mission's request to extend its work into Muscat t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1945-27 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)