Abstract: Imprint:London, Wm. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W.Distinctive Features:Includes two insets: ‘ROUTES between MEDITERRANEAN and RED SEA on an Enlarged Scale’ and ‘ROUTES between MEDITERRANEAN, BLACK SEA and PERSIAN GULF on an Enlarged Scale’.Routes shown in colour with a list of shipping companies and a key at bottom centre.Physical description: Dimensions:677 x 1237 m, on sheet 732 x 1296 mm
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the treatment to be accorded to enemy consuls de carrière and unsalaried consuls of enemy nationality in British territory on the outbreak of the Second World War.It mostly consists of: copies of telegrams between the Dominions Office and the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Eire [Ireland] and South Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], regarding the treatment of German consuls and consular staff in those countries; and copies of telegrams between the Secretary of State for Burma and the Governor of Burma regarding the departure of German consular staff from Burma.It also includes: a letter from Roland Tennyson Peel, India Office, to the Secretary, Government of India, External Affairs Department, 22 July 1939 (folios 51-52), regarding the treatment of enemy consular officers in the United Kingdom, and similar action to be taken by the Government of India in detaining enemy consuls in India until satisfactory assurances are received from the enemy government, in the event of the outbreak of war; and other related 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 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.