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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name HM Ambassador to the United States of America, 1791-

11. IOR/L/PS/12/2033

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2033
Title:
Coll 5/72 ‘Persia: Supply of American aircraft to –’
Scope & Content:
The file is largely concerned with the shipment of ten P-40 Tomahawk fighter planes from the United States to Iran by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The papers within outline a policy debate as to whether the aircraft in question should be diverted for British use and whether a request should b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1941-25 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/2039

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2039
Title:
Coll 5/77 ‘Muscat: including activities of U.S. Air Force and Pan-American Airways in the Middle East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the operations of Pan American Airlines in the Middle East; British officials were concerned that the airline was using the war as a pretext for commercial penetration of British controlled territories. The file therefore covers the militarisation of Pan American Airli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1941-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/2163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2163
Title:
Coll 6/91 'Saudi Arabia. Policy of H.M.G. Qn. of credits and guarantee of assistance to Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns British policy towards Saudi Arabia during the Second World War (the abbreviation 'Qn' in the title stands for 'Question'). The correspondence discusses the question of providing financial or material assistance to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1939-1 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (338 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/2166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2166
Title:
Coll 6/93 'Syria – Situation in after the capitulation of France 1940: Allied operations against :–'
Scope & Content:
This file documents British policy and Allied operations regarding Syria and Lebanon, following the defeat of France in June 1940. It documents preparations for a British-Free French military campaign in Syria [Operation Exporter] and concludes with correspondence regarding armistice terms, foll...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jun 1940-28 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (500 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/2167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2167
Title:
Coll 6/93(1) 'SYRIA: Mixed Courts in Syria (Notes to and from the Syrian Government)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the abolition of the mixed courts system that existed under the French Mandate in Syria and Lebanon (a system whereby cases concerning the rights and properties of foreigners were processed by courts usually consisting of two French judges and one local judge, with the proce...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1946-29 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/2168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2168
Title:
Coll 6/93(2) 'SYRIA: Situation in – after capitulation of France, 1940. Incl. Proclamation of Independence.'
Scope & Content:
Following on from an earlier file (IOR/L/PS/12/2166), this file concerns British policy relating to Syria, following the success of the British-Free French military campaign in Syria [Operation Exporter]. (The abbreviation 'Incl.' in the title stands for 'Including'). The date range of this fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Jul 1941-12 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/2220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2220
Title:
Coll 7/49 'Supplies of arms and ammunition to Pakistan'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding approaches by the Government of Pakistan to obtain loans and military equipment from France and the United States. The correspondence also discusses the policy of HMG towards supplying Pakistan and Hyderabad with arms. The primary correspondents are the India Office War...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1947-9 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/3526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3526
Title:
Coll 28/113 ‘Persia. Persian – U.S. Relations. Appointment of United States officials as advisers to the Persian Govt.’
Scope & Content:
Secret correspondence concerning the appointment of a financial adviser, military and police advisers, and relief workers from the USA to Persia [Iran]. Correspondence over the matter was prompted by what the British and United States Governments perceived as economic and political disarray in I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1942-16 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/3527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3527
Title:
Coll 28/114 ‘Persia. Financial affairs:- financial relations with H.M.G. and U.S. Govt.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the financial crisis in Persia [Iran] during the Second World War, and the efforts made by the Governments of Britain and the United States of America to ameliorate the crisis, partly to help maintain military operations in the South-East Asian theatre ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1942-4 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (232 folios)