'File No. 17/17 Direct Wireless Communication by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company With America.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File No. 17/17 Direct Wireless Communication by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company With America.'
- Date:
- 1940/1942
- Description:
- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), Officer in Charge of the Bahrain Branch of Cable and Wireless (Cecil Edward Gahan), Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG) (Cosmo Moray Graham), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Secretary to the External Affairs Department of the Government of India (Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe), India Office (Esmond Walter Rawson Lumby, Roland Tennyson Peel) and Foreign Office (Harry Maurice Eyres) discussing the practice by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) of using wireless transmitting equipment on launches at sea outside of territorial waters to communicate directly with the United States of America.The correspondence discusses the objectionable nature of such a practice from a wartime censorship and security perspective along with discussion regarding the lack of international law and regulation to prevent it.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 45; 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 2-42; 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 43-44) have been paginated using pencil.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Radio interception - Geographic region:
- Saudi Arabia
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003a5_en
IOR/R/15/2/566
IOR/R/15/2/566