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IOR/R/15/2/857

Record Id:
040-000229161
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000228236
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000128
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100025657140.0x000002
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/857
Title:
File 36/9 American Economic Penetration in the Middle East
Scope & Content:

This file contains a report written by the Foreign Office's Economic Intelligence Department entitled 'American Economic Penetration in the Middle East'. The report was written on 31 January 1949.

A covering letter also contained in the file (folio 1) shows that the report was sent from the Economic Intelligence Department to the Political Agent in Bahrain on 27 April 1949.

The report itself contains details of American economic involvement in the Middle East and is divided up as follows:

  • Summary and Conclusions (ff 3-6);
  • Turkey (ff 7-8r);
  • Iran (ff 8v-9);
  • Saudi Arabia, Bahrein [Bahrain] and Kuwait (ff 10-11r);
  • Iraq (ff 11v-13);
  • Syria and Lebanon (folio 14);
  • Palestine (ff 15-16);
  • Egypt (f 17).
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
038-000229156
040-000229161
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/15/2/853-857 : File 36: United States Interests

 

IOR/R/15/2/857 : File 36/9 American Economic Penetration in the Middle East
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0041]/038-000229156[0005]/040-000229161
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)
Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000128
Thumbnail:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1949
End Date:
1949
Date Range:
31 Jan 1949-27 Apr 1949
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Former External References:
Confidential Files: 36/9
Arrangement:
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Public Record(s)