Abstract: This file consists primarily of letters between the Foreign Office and Keymer, Son and Company Limited. In their correspondence, Messrs Keymer request deferment of the conscription of one of the employee's because of their value to the company.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains a Foreign Office report regarding an upcoming tour of the Middle East by Cornelius Van H Engert, a representative of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains three political and economic reports on the Persian Gulf states, prepared by the British Government.The reports are as follows: Foreign Office print entitled 'Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf', dated 8 June 1949, surveying each of the shaikhdoms and some of their problems, with indications of the action that might be necessary there, including a separate paper on education (folios 53-57); Cabinet Middle East (Official) Committee Working Party paper entitled 'Persian Gulf: Economic and Social Development', dated 12 November 1949 (cover sheet states title as 'Persian Gulf States'), covering all aspects of social and economic development in the region, including detailed sections on Bahrein [Bahrain], and Muscat and Oman (folios 8-51); and Cabinet Middle East (Official) Committee Working Party paper entitled 'The Persian Gulf States', dated 2 December 1949, giving a brief overview of the region, with sections on the utilisation of oil royalties, and recommendations for the long-term development of those states with substantial oil revenues (folios 4-6).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence (mainly telegrams) on two subjects. One subject is proposals for charter flights between Aden and Bombay by Ethiopian Airways, on behalf of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The other subject is the development of Czechoslovak civil aviation and British plans to obstruct Czech ambitions in this area. The file also contains a note on Anglo-Czech civil aviation relations produced by the Foreign Office, dated 20 April 1948: see folios 10-12.The main correspondents are the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Chief Secretary of Aden.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.