This file consists of correspondence between SN Chowdhury, the Nepalese Minister in London, and the India Office regarding Chowdhury's claim to the Bijni Raj Estate.
Ext 222/45 'Loss of Company Code Book by Cable & Wireless, Bushire'
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This file consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India regarding the security risk for the loss of Cable and Wireless's company code book.
Ext 254/45 'Memorandum by Mr. L. Lockhart on "The History of the Bahrain Islands."'
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This file consists of correspondence from the Foreign Office Research Department regarding the research by Lawrence Lockhart concerning the history of the Bahrain Islands.
Ext 351/45 'Persian Consul General in India - Request for permission to remit dollars from India to America.'
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This file consists of correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, HM Ambassador, Tehran, Lloyds Bank, and the Persian Consul General, India, regarding the Persian Consul General's request to send dollars from India to his son studying America. The correspondence i...
Ext 866/45 'Request for information about commercial relations and restrictions against British and Foreign business interests in countries which have passed from a dependent to a foreign status'
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The file consists primarily of letters and telegrams between the India Office and the Commercial Relations and Treaties Department of the Board of Trade. It concerns information demanded from the Government of India regarding commercial relations and restrictions against British and foreign busi...
Ext 885/45 'Procurement of essential requirements by G of I officers & staff in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
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The file contains correspondence regarding difficulties faced by Government of India officers stationed in the Persian Gulf in obtaining and affording certain essential goods and services, and potential assistance that could be granted to them. The primary correspondents are: Government of India;...
Ext 2013/45 'Saudi Arabia: Post War Petroleum situation'
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The file contains an account by George Ogilvie-Forbes, British Ambassador to Venezuela, of a conversation with Arthur A Curtice, an American petroleum engineer advising the Government of Venezuela. The account details comparisons made by Curtice between the petroleum resources of South America a...
Ext 2178/45 'Memo by Mr Lawrence Lockhart on Persia'
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The file contains a request from Lawrence Lockhart of the Foreign Office for clarification of certain details relating to the border between Persia and British Baluchistan, for use in a memorandum he is compiling on Persia.
This file contains papers relating to the visit of the Viceroy (Viscount Wavell) to Riyadh and his meeting with Ibn Saud in 1945. Most of the papers relate to the costs of the trip, but some are brief overviews of the meeting of the two leaders in Riyadh. The letters are primarily exchanges betwe...
Ext 2514/45 'Transit visas for UK to Valot & wife'
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The file contains a request from the Government of India for United Kingdom transit visas to be issued to Mr Valot, General Manager of Savana Mills, Pondicherry, and his wife.