PZ 1070/40(2) ‘Transmission of F.O. secret packets to & from Consulates etc. abroad’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- PZ 1070/40(2) ‘Transmission of F.O. secret packets to & from Consulates etc. abroad’
- Date:
- 1941/1946
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the regular dispatch overseas of Foreign Office secret and confidential documents in sealed packets, by arrangement with the India Office in London. These are sent by sea mail to India, for onward transmission to Consular and Political Officers in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; Pondicherry in French India; Kabul, Kandahar, Jalabad [Jalalabad] in Afghanistan; Panjim, Marmagao and Nova Goa in Portuguese India; Kashgar in China; and Katmandu [Kathmandu].The file does not contain the Foreign Office documents included in dispatches, only the covering letters that accompany them on their journey. These are largely from the Under-Secretary of State for India, London, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi, who is asked to confirm safe receipt and onward transmission to the addressees.The file also contains numerous Foreign Office circulars issued to consular officers between 1943 and 1945. These include extracts from Parliamentary debates in 1943 about Foreign Service reform, and reports of Anglo-American discussions in Washington in 1943, by the British delegate and economist John Maynard Keynes, regarding the proposal for an International Monetary Fund.The file includes four dividers, which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 417, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- International monetary systems
- Geographic region:
- Bahrain
Muscat
Kuwait - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000466.0x0002d6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000466.0x0002d6_en
IOR/L/PS/12/339
IOR/L/PS/12/339