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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name India Office, Economic Department, 1921-1947 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/12/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/786
Title:
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/788
Title:
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1943-5 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/817

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/817
Title:
Ext 2309/43 Texas Oil Co and Bahrain Petroleum Co
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams from the Government of India, External Affairs, and Defence Departments; the India Office Economic and Overseas Department; the Secretary of State for India; and Texas Oil Company Ltd, regarding the delivery of calcium chloride, emery cloth, glass p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1943-6 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2022

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022
Title:
Coll 5/61 ‘Far East: Proposed extension to Burma-Yunnan frontier of Imperial Airways to link up with Eurasia Corporation’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a proposal to link Imperial Airways Services and those of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation and/or China National Airways at the Burma-Chinese frontier, in consideration of establishing a more direct link to Hong Kong. The file therefore contains occasional references t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-20 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (363 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3311
Title:
Coll 25/8 'Orders in Council: Registration of British subjects and protected persons abroad'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, drafts, minute papers, memoranda, and reports concerning matters connected to the registration of British subjects and protected persons in foreign countries. The first part of the file consists of the interdepartmental discussion following the release of a Foreign Office report ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1920-2 Aug 1928
Extent:
1 file (174 folios)