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IOR/R/15/2/191

Record Id:
040-000228458
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000228236
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00039e
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100023034600.0x000002
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/191
Title:

'Censor Clerk'

Scope & Content:

This file contains two correspondence from T C Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, to Hugh Weightman, Political Agent at Bahrain. The first letter (f. 1), which is copied to the Political Agencies in Kuwait and Muscat, is marked 'Secret: To be kept in the personal possession of the Political Agent' and encloses: 'Notes on interception of correspondence in the post' (ff. 2-8); '(Specimen of) Interception form to accompany copies of Intercepted correspondence' (f. 9); further notes on interception (ff. 10-11); and an extract from Circular Memorandum No. 4, dated March 16 1936, 'A Guide to Censorship Work for Police Officers'.

The second letter (f. 15), dated 17 August 1939, concerns the appointment of three Upper Division Clerks for censorship work in Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat in the event of the outbreak of the Second World War.

The file also includes file notes with the final entry dated 9 August 1946, detailing the circumstances of filing these correspondence.

Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228446
040-000228458
Is part of:
IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/180-194 : File 3: Staff

 

IOR/R/15/2/191 : Censor Clerk
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0004]/038-000228446[0012]/040-000228458
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)
Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00039e
Thumbnail:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1939
End Date:
1946
Date Range:
15 Jul 1939-09 Aug 1946
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:
Foliation: The foliation sequence runs from the first page of following the front cover to the back cover and appears in the top right hand of the recto side of the page. An original foliation sequence in red ink appears throughout, but has been corrected with pencil as folio 4 was skipped.
Former External References:
Confidential file: 3/18
Arrangement:

The file is arranged approximately chronologically. There are file notes at the end of the file.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Public Record(s)