'File No. 17/14 USE OF UNITED STATES ARMY POST OFFICE FACILITIES FOR BAPCO & ARAMCO.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File No. 17/14 USE OF UNITED STATES ARMY POST OFFICE FACILITIES FOR BAPCO & ARAMCO.'
- Date:
- 1944/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to the use by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) of the United States Army Post Office in Bahrain to send mail and parcels to the United States and Canada.The correspondence discusses permission the existing postal services from Bahrain to the USA through the Indian Postal Service, and the high costs and frequent delays which the service was afflicted by, and attempts to improve the service following the closure of the US Army Post Office at Bahrain in September 1945.The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Tom Hickinbotham, Cornelius James Pelly, Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior, William Rupert Hay) and Secretary to the External Affairs Department of the Government of India (Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe).A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 49-54.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 55; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-29; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Pagination: the file notes at the back (ff 49-54) have been paginated using pencil.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Postal services
United States Army Post Office, Bahrain - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a3_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a3_en
IOR/R/15/2/564
IOR/R/15/2/564