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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Defence

31. IOR/L/PS/12/3939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3939
Title:
Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War. It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Ab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1942-15 Jul 1943
Extent:

1 file (113 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/3954

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3954
Title:
Coll 30/211 'DEFENCE OF: Land, Sea & Air Facilities placed at the disposal of H.M.G. by the Rulers concerned.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains information collected by Miss M Odgers of the India Office, detailing land, sea, and air facilities available for the defence of the Persian Gulf, which had been placed at the disposal of the British Government (HMG) by the rulers concerned. The information covers Kuwait, Bahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1942-17 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/18/C133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C133
Title:
Trans-Persian Railway
Scope & Content:
The memorandum — signed by Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Chief of the Indian General Staff — considers whether Britain should accept Russian demands that the proposed Trans-Persian Railway should be routed via Kerman. It examines the potential strategic advantages to Russia, the consequent pote...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1913
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/18/C143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C143
Title:
Letter (Secret No. 27) from Austen Chamberlain to Charles Hardinge, Governor General of India in Council, with enclosures
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a copy of a letter from Austen Chamberlain to the Governor General of India and its enclosures. The purpose of the letter being to forward recent discussion — within the British Government — concerning the defence of the oil fields and pipelines of the Anglo-Persian Oi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1915
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)