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6311. IOR/R/15/2/704

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/704
Title:
‘File 28/16 Jurisdiction over neutral ships in Bahrain & Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, instructions and other papers relating to questions of jurisdiction over foreign (neutral) vessels in Bahrain and Kuwait waters, and British officials’ legal powers over the crew of such vessels. The correspondence was provoked by a specific incident ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1939-13 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

6312. IOR/R/15/2/705

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/705
Title:
‘File 28/17-A Action to be taken in the event of entry into the war by Spain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence received from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India, relating to the prospects of Spain entering the war against the Allies. A Government of India telegram, dated 29 June 1940, sets out the immediate actions to be taken in the eve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1940-29 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

6313. IOR/R/15/2/706

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/706
Title:
‘File 28/17-B Action to be taken in the event of an entry into the war by Japan’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating both to Japan’s anticipated entry into the Second World War, and eventual entry in the wake of the Japanese Navy’s attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1940-14 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

6314. IOR/R/15/2/707

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/707
Title:
‘File 28/17-C Action to be taken in the event of entry into the war of France’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of Government of India correspondence relating to actions to be taken or followed in the event of war with France, including: treatment of French colonies in Africa as enemy territory; detention of ships with French goods; French goods placed in prize (f 2). A copy of a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1940-18 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

6315. IOR/R/15/2/708

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/708
Title:
‘File 28/17-D Action to be taken in the event of entry into war of Bulgaria’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: a piece Government of India correspondence, dated 29 December 1940, containing instructions to be followed by Government officials in the event of Bulgaria’s entry into the Second World War. The instructions state that Bulgarian vessels, or vessels carrying cargo consigned to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6316. IOR/R/15/2/709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/709
Title:
‘File 28/18 Sabotage smuggling etc of mail’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and notes relating to the possible sabotage and smuggling of mail: a telegram from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG), dated 18 November 1940, reporting a suspected case of sabotage in which a leaking jar of acid was found in a mail bag (f 2); a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1940-22 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

6317. IOR/R/15/2/710

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/710
Title:
‘File 28/19 Export of oil and other articles from the Persian Gulf to Italian East Africa (dhow traffic)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and reports relating to outward trade from Bahrain and the ports of the Trucial Coast to the ports of the Red Sea and East Africa, in response to concerns that some cargoes (and in particular oil) were reaching Italian East Africa and Italian-occupied British So...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1940-31 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

6318. IOR/R/15/2/711

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/711
Title:
‘File 28/20 Movements of enemy airliners’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a single item of correspondence, a naval telegram dated 29 November 1940 from the Admiralty (f 2), forwarded by the Political Agency to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (f 3). The telegraph states that reporting officers in neutral countries should telegraph the move...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1940-3 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

6319. IOR/R/15/2/712

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/712
Title:
‘File 28/21 Landing of enemy agents, war materials, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the undertaking of controls to ensure that enemy agents or war materials cannot be landed at British ports. A letter from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (Commodore Cosmo Moray Graham) to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 22 January 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1940-26 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

6320. IOR/R/15/2/713

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/713
Title:
‘File 28/22-I Mission of S.O.(I) [Staff Officer Intelligence] Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file’s papers relate to the appointment and activities of the Security Officer (initially referred to as a Staff Officer Intelligence) in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the file are the Security Officer at Bahrain (Captain C G Campbell) and the Political Agent at Bahrain (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1941-29 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (156 folios)

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