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IOR/L/PS/12/3970
- Record Id:
- 040-000559049
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00021f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100074499034.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3970
- Title:
- Coll 30/226 'ACTIVITIES of ASSOCIATED ETHYL CO.'
- Scope & Content:
-
The file concerns enquiries by representatives of the Associated Ethyl Company Limited, London, into the possibilities in the Persian Gulf for the manufacture of tetra-ethyl-lead and the recovery of bromine from seawater. Ethyl-lead was required as a booster for petrol, and an India Office minute states that the erection of a plant outside the United States dollar curtain would save the United Kingdom millions of dollars a year.
The papers include correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Associated Ethyl, and the Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Hugh Dunstan Holwell Rance). The representatives of the Company anticipated difficulties in the construction of a plant in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, or Iran, and indicated that Kuwait was likely to be their preferred location.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000559049 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3970 : Coll 30/226 'ACTIVITIES of ASSOCIATED ETHYL CO.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0273]/040-000559049
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (11 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00021f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 22 Jul 1947-21 Aug 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 11; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/226
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)