'File 17/8 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RIYADH AND GERMANY'

Title:

'File 17/8 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RIYADH AND GERMANY'

Date:

1940/1941

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Tom Hickinbotham), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG) (Cosmo Moray Graham), the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (Roger Anthony Kennedy) and the General Manager of the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) (Floyd William Ohliger) regarding wireless transmissions between Riyadh and Germany which had been intercepted by the CASOC station at Dhahran [Aẓ-Ẓahrān]. The correspondence includes attempts by the British authorities to ascertain where the transmissions were originating and the possible content of them.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 38-39.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-37; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 38-39.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Second World War (1939-1945)
Radio interception

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a0_en
IOR/R/15/2/561
IOR/R/15/2/561

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