Coll 30/178 'Location of Political Resident in time of war.'

Title:

Coll 30/178 'Location of Political Resident in time of war.'

Date:

1938/1941

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns the question of whether to evacuate the Political Residency at Bushire in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of the Second World War.The file contains the views of HM Minister at Tehran, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Government of India.The papers cover: the strategic and political implications of evacuating Bushire, and the British (and British Indian) citizens there; the cost of constructing a new Residency at Bahrain; the presence of German nationals in the area; the implications of making military preparations to defend Bushire; and the attitude of the Iranian Government and the local population.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 161; 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:

Second World War (1939-1945)
Evacuation

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001e6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001e6_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3916
IOR/L/PS/12/3916

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