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685. File 815/1917 Pt 3-9 'Persian Gulf: Lights & Buoys.'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of seven parts, all of which relate to the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf, which is carried out by the Royal Indian Marine. The parts mainly consist of interdepartmental correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, although other departments also feature, most notably the Government of India's Marine Department, as well as its Department of Commerce.The subjects covered in each part can be summarised as follows. Part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/661/1) discusses repairs and alterations to the lighthouse buildings on Quoin Island and, to a lesser extent, Tamb Island. Part 4 (IOR/L/PS/10/661/2) relates to the rebuilding of the beacon at Ras-al-Arz, Kuwait. Part 5 (IOR/L/PS/10/661/3) discusses the need for an overhauling of the lighthouses and lightships in the Gulf. Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/661/4) concerns arrangements for a forthcoming interdepartmental conference on lighting and buoying in the Gulf. Part 7 (IOR/L/PS/10/661/5) relates to RIMS Nearchusand RIMS Lawrence, two ships that at different points are deployed as the lighthouse tender in the Gulf, as well as being used as the despatch vessel for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Part 8 (IOR/L/PS/10/661/6) discusses the reorganisation of the Persian Gulf Light Service. Finally, part 9 (IOR/L/PS/10/661/7) concerns claims submitted by the India Office to the Foreign Office for expenditure incurred on lighting and buoying in the Gulf.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part 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 inside back cover with 485; 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 A previous foliation sequence between ff 60-485, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
686. File 815/1917 Pt 10 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying Service. Operation by Board of Control. Govt. of India's contribution to the Lighting Fund.'
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- Abstract: This volume relates to arrangements for the financing of the Persian Gulf lighting and buoying service. Matters covered in the correspondence include the following:Details of a new scheme for funding the service, which is to consist of shipping dues levied on behalf of the Government of India by the Government of Irak [Iraq], with the dues being levied on all ships (apart from local sailing vessels and government vessels) entering or leaving Basra and Abadan, from 1 November 1925 onwardsPlans for a contribution of £5000 a year to be paid from Imperial funds to the Government of India for a period of five years after the new scheme of shipping dues takes effectThe selection of representatives for a proposed unofficial (unofficial because it does not include any British Government representatives) advisory committee to assist the Government of India in the administration of the lighting and buoying serviceThe question of whether the British Government's annual contribution to the lighting and buoying service should be continued for another five years, or whether the Government should instead contribute annually an amount equivalent to the dues that would have been payable on Admiralty tankers entering and leaving the Gulf if they had been required to pay duesThe British Government's agreement to continue to contribute at the rate of £2000 a year, on the understanding that it can recover the amount by which its annual contributions between 1925 and 1930 exceeded the dues that would have been paid by Admiralty tankers.The volume's principal correspondents are as follows: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; officials of the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Treasury, the Admiralty, the Government of India's Marine Department, the Government of India's Department of Commerce, the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, the Board of Trade's Mercantile Marine Department, and the Chamber of Shipping.In addition to correspondence, the volume includes the following: notes on a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 17 July 1931 between representatives of the British Government and the Chamber of Shipping, to discuss the contribution of the British Government to the Persian Gulf lighting service (ff 45-47 and ff 52-53); a brief account of the administration of lighting and buoying in the Gulf since 1908 (ff 221-223).The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references 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 inside back cover with 436; 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.
687. File 815/1917 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying. General Expenditure.'
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- Abstract: This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence notes that since 1911 the cost of the service, which is carried out by the Royal Indian Marine, has been shared between the British Imperial Government (specifically the Foreign Office) and the Government of India. After the Foreign Office expresses its intention in January 1922 to withdraw Imperial contributions after the end of the current financial year, the correspondence goes on to discuss potential savings and possible ways of making the lighting and buoying service 'self-supporting', such as by imposing a levy on all vessels calling at Basra and Abadan. Also discussed are the proposal to impose dues on all local sailing vessels in the Gulf, and the question of whether the Government of Irak [Iraq] would be able and willing to collect light dues from vessels calling at Basra and Abadan, on behalf of the British Government and the Government of India. The correspondence concludes with discussion of a proposed advisory committee relating to lighting and buoying in the Gulf, which would consist of representatives of various shipping and commercial interests.Notable correspondents include the following: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Chamber of Shipping; officials of the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Treasury, and the Government of India's Marine Department.In addition to correspondence, the volume contains the following: a copy of an India Office memorandum entitled 'Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf', dated 1911 (ff 322-328); copies of the minutes of interdepartmental conferences held at the Foreign Office on 7 March 1923 (ff 148-150, ff 164-166, and ff 172-181), 24 July 1923 (ff 111-112), and 11 April 1924 (ff 40-41), discussing lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references 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 inside back cover with 332; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
688. File 4011/1923 Pt 2 'PERSIAN GULF: NEGOTIATIONS 1928 HENJAM'
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- Abstract: This volume relates to British policy regarding the Gulf island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], occupied in part, on and off, by the British since the late nineteenth century.Interdepartmental correspondence refers to the establishment of a British telegraph station on the island in 1868, following a concession from the Persian Government, which was abandoned in 1881 but re-established in 1904. The correspondence also acknowledges that further developments since then, including the establishment of a wireless station and a naval coal depot, represent an encroachment by the British Government.The main topic of discussion is the extent of the British claim (or lack thereof) to Henjam, and the continued use of the island as a fuelling and recreational station for British naval forces in the Gulf.Related matters of discussion include the following:The possibility of consolidating the British position at Henjam by offering to surrender Basidu to PersiaThe British response to Persian forces expelling the Arab Shaikh of Henjam from the island in May 1928, in retaliation for the Shaikh attacking and looting the island's customs office the previous yearThe drafting of a protocol (as part of wider Anglo-Persian negotiations, which are referred to throughout) in 1929 between the British and Persian governments, setting out the terms for the British Government's surrender of its claims to Basidu and Henjam, in return for continued access to facilities at Henjam, possibly in the form of a leaseThe consideration of alternative locations for a naval station, in the event of it being necessary for the British to relinquish their hold on HenjamWhether the British should be prepared to offer the Persian Navy docking and refitting facilities at Bombay or Karachi, on 'favourable terms', in return for their continued use of the facilities at HenjamA request from the Persian Government in September 1932 for the immediate withdrawal of the British naval establishment, following the Persian Government's decision to use Henjam as the location for six recently purchased naval vesselsThe possibility of the British naval depot at Henjam being relocated either to Basidu or Bahrein [Bahrain].The volume features the following principal correspondents: the British Minister in Tehran, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and officials of the Admiralty, the Foreign Office, and the India Office. Other notable correspondents include the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Viceroy of India; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs; officials of the British Legation at Tehran and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.Also included in the volume are the following: a précis of printed correspondence relating to British positions at Basidu and Henjam, covering the period 1821-1905 (ff 898-941); an India Office memorandum entitled 'Henjam. Position and Rights of His Majesty's Government in the Island of Henjam', dated 26 September 1928 (ff 723-726); copies of the minutes of two meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 17 December 1931 (ff 249-262) and 10 October 1933 (ff 12-28); a copy of a memorandum by the Admiralty and the Foreign Office on the British naval depot at Henjam, dated 23 February 1932 (ff 197-208).The French language material consists of correspondence from Belgian customs officials writing on behalf of the Persian Government, as well as articles from the aforementioned draft protocol, and correspondence between the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the British Minister at Tehran. English translations are included in some but not all cases.The volume includes two dividers which give the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (ff 4-5).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 964; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
689. File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.'
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- Abstract: This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.The part contains two copies of proofs for the following revised narratives: Treaties and Engagements Relating to the Arab Principalities in the Persian Gulf(ff 305-328 and ff 617-640) and Treaties and Engagements Relating to Oman (Muscat)(ff 406-422 and ff 641-657). Also included are copies of related treaties, agreements, and correspondence for the Persian Gulf (ff 329-405 and ff 540-616) and Oman sections (ff 423-477 and ff 485-539), which cover the periods 1806-1927 and 1798-1928 respectively.The proofs are accompanied by interdepartmental correspondence discussing the contents of the narratives, and the possibility of amendments and additions being made, such as for the parts entitled 'The Wahabis and Nejd' and 'Kuwait' in the Persian Gulf section. In addition, the correspondence discusses the question of whether to include recently concluded agreements with Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Kuwait in the Persian Gulf section. Also included is a list of anomalies and misprints that have been identified in the proofs.The main correspondents are as follows: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; officials of the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.The French language material consists of a small amount of the aforementioned treaties and agreements.Physical description: 1 item (408 folios)
690. File 4535/1928 Pt 16 ‘Persian Gulf: Political Control Report of the Warren Fisher Committee.’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers concerning political control in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula.The first half of the file relates to the inter-departmental Sub-Committee of Political Control of the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. The Sub-Committee on Political Control was chaired by Sir Norman Fenwick Warren Fisher, and its terms of reference (as stated in several documents in the file) were ‘To make recommendations as to the methods by which the existing machinery for political control in Arabia can be simplified and speeded up’, which the British Government considered to be necessary as a result of the changed conditions brought about by the extended use of air power in general, and the projected air route along the Arabian littoral of the Gulf in particular.It includes the following papers of the Sub-Committee on Political Control:Minutes of meetings of the Sub-Committee of 8 May, 15 May, and 24 October 1929Notes by the Air Ministry entitled ‘Co-operation between the Resident Persian Gulf and the A.O.C. Iraq on all questions relating to: (a) the use of air power in the Gulf regions, and (b) in particular the organisation of the air route’, and ‘The present position as regards the air route and the general methods which it is proposed to adopt to organise it’, dated 11 May 1929A copy of a despatch from the Foreign Office to Herbert George Jakins, Jeddah, of 10 April 1929, regarding the channels to be used for communications with Ibn SaudA copy of the draft report of the Sub-Committee dated 21 June 1929A document dated 4 August 1929 containing copies of comments on the draft report by the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Air MinistryA copy of the final version of the report of the Sub-Committee, dated 12 December 1929, which is divided into two parts, Part I dealing with propositions lying within the scope of the terms of reference of the Sub-Committee, and Part II concerning the possibility of the transfer to the Foreign Office of the general control of British relations with the whole of the territories in the Middle East (Part II is signed only by the Chairman of the Sub-Committee and representatives of the Admiralty, the War Office, and the Air Ministry).This part of the file also includes correspondence between Hastings Lionel Ismay, Secretary of the Sub-Committee on Political Control, and John Gilbert Laithwaite, Principal, India Office.Most of the rest of the file relates to the question of whether the India Office or the Foreign Office should take over the responsibilities in the Persian Gulf hitherto exercised by the Colonial Office.These papers include:A copy of a memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs proposing the transfer of this work to the Foreign Office, dated 10 June 1933A copy of a memorandum by the Secretary of State for India in response to the Foreign Office memorandum, stating the reasons why he thought the work in question should be dealt with in future by the India Office rather than the Foreign Office, dated 19 June 1933Correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Colonial Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; and the Foreign Office.The file also includes some correspondence regarding the possibility, raised by the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, that it might be necessary in the future to post as Under Secretary to the Resident in the Persian Gulf an Indian Member of the Political Department, and the objection of the India Office to this, on the basis that in the discussions which led up to the transfer to the India Office of the responsibility for work hitherto undertaken in the Persian Gulf by the Colonial Office, the Secretary of State for India informed the Cabinet, in response to concerns raised by other Departments, that there would be no ‘Indianisation’ of personnel in this area.In addition, the file includes some papers relating to the question of the unification of political control of the parts of Arabia for which the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the India Office and the Government of India were responsible, and the suggestion that a single Department of Arabian Affairs should be created, under the control of the Colonial Office.As well as the papers mentioned above, the file also includes India Office Political Department minute papers, and internal correspondence between India Office officials.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references 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 286; 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.
691. File 4535/1928 Pt 1, 3 ‘Persian Gulf negotiations 1928’
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- Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to deliberations of the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, in relation to treaty negotiations between Britain and Persia [Iran].Part 1 consists of papers regarding the revision of a 1908 Foreign Office memorandum on British interests in the Persian Gulf, for the information of the Sub-Committee. Part 3 concerns the status of certain islands in the Persian Gulf, including islands whose ownership by Persia had not been established in the view of the British Government.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references 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 inside back cover with 324; 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.
692. File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1911-1912.The correspondence concerns three broad topics:Anglo-Turkish negotiationsproposals of the Turkish Governmentthe status of Kuwait.The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for these international negotiations.Further discussion surrounds the Draft Report of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ,and John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley, Lord President of the Council.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 335; 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.
693. File 2908/1907 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Quarantine’
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- Abstract: The volume contains part one of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf: Quarantine. This part contains papers regarding proposals for the improvement of the Persian Gulf Quarantine Service. It therefore contains discussion between British officials over the provision of finance, personnel, and equipment to facilitate improvements. The supply of stoves (for Jask, Bundar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Mohammerah, Bushire, and Bahrain) and a Clayton disinfection apparatus by the Government of India accounts for a significant amount of correspondence. Some discussion surrounding possible threats to British control of the Quarantine service can also be found in the file.Printed copies of the minutes of the Sanitary Council for the Empire of Persia are included for the meetings: 29 June 1907 (folios 141-143), 5 August 1907 (folios 144-145), 2 September 1907 (folios 133-135), 4 November 1907 (folios 81-83), and 2 December 1907 (folios 84-86). These documents are written in French. A note from Dr Jean-Etienne Justin Schneider, President of the Sanitation Council, on proposed improvements to the Quarantine Service can be found on folio 196-198. This note is also in French.Printed copies of telegrams regarding a plague outbreak in Bahrain in 1907 can be found between folios 183-187.Towards the front of the file are a small number of papers related to a proposal to withdraw the mobile assistant medical officer – posted to Bushire under the improvement programme – from the Persian Gulf in 1909.The main correspondents are as follows: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice), the Chargé d'affaires at Tehran (Charles Murray Marling), the Under-Secretary of State for India (Arthur Godley), and officials from the Foreign Office (Louis Mallet and Sir Walter Langley). Occasional reference is also made to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox) and the Government of India.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is 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 255; 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.
694. File 2908/1907 Pt 2-3 ‘Persian Gulf: Quarantine’
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- Abstract: The volume contains parts two and three of the subject file 2908/1907 Pt 2-3 ‘Persian Gulf: Quarantine’. Part two is concerned with quarantine arrangements at Bahrain. Part three is concerned with the proceedings of the International Sanitary Conference (1903) and German complaints against the Persian Gulf Quarantine Service (1907-1908).Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio (with 1) and terminates at the last folio with 181; 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.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
695. File 4326/1919 'Persia: the Shah's visit to Europe 1919-20'
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- Abstract: This volume comprises: correspondence; deciphered telegrams; India Office Political Department Minute and Draft papers containing draft letters, draft telegrams and internal notes; covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India (with enclosures); and India Office Political Department registry forms with subject and notes.The papers relate to the visit of the Shah of Persia [Aḥmad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] to Europe, chiefly the arrangements for his journey from Tehran [also spelled Teheran in this volume], departing in August 1919 and his return there, arriving in June 1920, and the defrayment of the costs thereof. The papers notably cover:The role of Sir Percy Cox, HM Minister in Tehran, in promoting and facilitating the trip, and of various British diplomats in arranging hosts, visits and accommodationPolitical considerations incumbent upon and generated by the visit, particularly with regard to Anglo-Persian relations and the Anglo-Persian Agreement of August 1919The progress of the Shah and his party on their journey: from Tehran, via Baku and the Caucasus, to Batoum [Batumi]; by sea, on HMS Ceres,to Constantinople [Istanbul] and Taranto; and through Italy by railway to Switzerland, where the Shah planned to take a ‘rest of cure’ [rest cure] (f 246) before travelling to Paris and BiarritzDetails of the persons making up the royal party (see ff 230 and 239)The movements in Europe of Nusret-ed-Dowleh [Prince Fīrūz Mīrzā Nuṣrat-al-Dawlah III], the Persian [Iranian] Foreign Minister, including: his meeting in Geneva with the Swiss Ambassador, Sir Horace Rumbold; a visit to London in mid-September; and his stay in ParisThe practical and financial arrangements for the accompaniment of the Shah by a British officer on his outward and return journeysDomestic tensions and the perceived increasing Bolshevik influence in Persia [Iran], which contributed to the Shah's decision in April 1920 to hasten his return homeProgress of the Shah and his party on their return journey including their: departure from Marseille on 1 May on the P & O ship SS Narkunda; reception in Port Said on 7 May by Field-Marshall Lord Allenby, High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan; departure from Aden on 12 MayProgress of the Shah and his party up the Persian Gulf to Basra on the Royal Indian Marine Service steamer Lawrence, including the Shah’s: visit to Bushire [Bushehr], 17-18 May (ff 62-65); meeting with the Civil Commissioner, Bagdad [also spelled Baghdad in this volume], at Basra; visit to Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and meeting with the Sheik [Shaikh] and representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, 20 May (ff 85, 71-72, 49-50)The cost and security considerations of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, regarding the Shah’s journey through Mesopotamia [Iraq], by railway, from Basra to Baghdad and visit to the holy sites of Kerbela [Karbala] and Nejef [Najaf], 23-24 MayReport by Cox on the public reception of the Shah on his return to Tehran on 3 JuneA dispute between the India Office and the Foreign Office over liability for expenses incurred by the Lawrencein May 1920 for conveyance of the Shah from Aden to Basra, including summaries of costs submitted by the Government of India Marine Department (ff 41-42, 34, 15-16).The primary correspondents are: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Admiralty; the Treasury; HM Minister at Tehran; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad. There is also correspondence (chiefly of the Foreign Office) with commissioners, ambassadors, and other senior British Government overseas officials who were involved in the arrangements for portions of the Shah’s journey to and from Europe, notably: the Ambassador to France; the Assistant High Commissioner at Constantinople; the High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan; the Ambassador to Berne; the Ambassador to Italy; and the Consul-General at Marseilles.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (front of the volume).Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 264; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
696. File 44/21 (2) ‘War Middle East Intelligence Centre Tour of Head of Intelligence Centre in Iraq, Iran & Persian Gulf. (Arrangements for P. I. A. W.)’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India regarding the ‘Defence Regulations made under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council 1939’. The regulations apply in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Muscat and Oman. The file also contains a report on a visit to Iraq made by the Head of the Middle East Intelligence Centre between 12 and 15 October 1939. The report is issued by the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, and it covers the following subheadings: the Objects of the Tour; the Preventive Intelligence Arab World [PIAW] in Iraq, Iran, and the Persian Gulf; the Situation in Iraq; the Propaganda in Iraq, Iran, and the Persian Gulf; and Propaganda General.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.