IOR/R/15/2/1628

This file concerns the use and maintenance of the Bahrain Political Agency's official vehicles. The file largely consists of the Agency's correspondence with various suppliers and distributors of vehicle parts in Bahrain.

The file contains specific details of the vehicles used by the Agency during this time (the Agency appears to have had two vehicles for official use at any one time between 1946 and 1950). Vehicles used by the Agency during this period include a Vauxhall VXO, an Austin Station Wagon and a Humber Super Snipe Saloon.

Also included in the file are the following: monthly statements regarding staff use of the Agency's vehicles, which provide details of trips (including the names of the members of staff on duty and the distances travelled) that may be credited to the Agency's transport fund (later referred to as the transport account); details of two accidents involving an Agency vehicle; Foreign Office guidance on the use of official transport; copies of reports on the condition of the Agency's vehicles.

The principal correspondents in the file are the following: the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Government of Bahrain's State Engineer; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; A A Zayani and Sons (general merchants and commission agents, based in Bahrain); the Foreign Office's Conference and Supply Department.