‘File 16/69 Enquiry from India Office regarding financial privileges for American officials in the British protected Arab States’
Date:
1945/1945
Description:
Abstract: Correspondence and papers exchanged between representatives of the India Office and Foreign Office, and British officials in the Persian Gulf, concerning a proposed agreement to extend financial privileges to United States officials other than diplomatic or consular personnel, who are based in the Persian Gulf region. The file includes a copy of the articles of the proposed agreement (folio 4), and confirmation from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 16 June 1945, that there are no such United States officials in Kuwait, Bahrain or the Trucial Coast (folio 8).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 11; 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 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.