Coll 30/206 'Bahrein Naval Wireless Station.'

Title:

Coll 30/206 'Bahrein Naval Wireless Station.'

Date:

1940/1944

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence concerning the Naval Wireless Station at Bahrain.The papers include: correspondence from the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the installation of a wireless receiving and transmitting set at the Jufair naval base, 1940-41; correspondence from the same bodies concerning the non-commercial nature of the wireless traffic at the naval station at Bahrain, in response to a complaint from Cable and Wireless Limited that the station was acting to the commercial detriment of the company, 1941; and correspondence and two title deeds (in Arabic) concerning the exchange by the British Government of a parcel of land at Qudhaibiyah, Manamah, in the vicinity of the southern end of the golf course, for a property belonging to the Shaikh of Bahrain at Umm al Hassan, Manamah, in order to allow the necessary separation between the transmitters and receivers at the base, 1944.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 26; 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:

Naval bases
Wireless telegraphy

Geographic region:

Jufair

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000204_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000204_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3946
IOR/L/PS/12/3946

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