Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding visits to Bahrain made by American officials based in Iraq.Correspondence on folios 1-86 relates to visits made to Bahrain by Paul Knabenshue, the Minister Resident of the United States of America in Baghdad, in 1934 (folios 1-72), 1937 (folios 73-79) and 1940 (folios 80-86).Further correspondence in the file relates to a visit to Bahrain made by Knabenshue's successor, Loy W Henderson, in March 1944 (folios 87-109). This section includes a note on Henderson's visit written by Major Tom Hickinbotham, Britain's Political Agent in Bahrain (folios 95-97).The file also contains correspondence regarding a visit that Henderson's successor, George Wadsworth, planned to make to Bahrain in 1947 but that was eventually cancelled (folios 111-120).The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, but the file also includes a limited amount of correspondence with US officials, local rulers (some of which is in Arabic), and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 136; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-120; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding a tour of the Arabian coast by Loy W Henderson, United States Minister to Iraq, and his interactions with the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, and with Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. As well as Mr Henderson, the primary correspondents are: Government of India; India Office; Foreign Office; British Legation, Baghdad; Political Agency, Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; 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 papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to foreign consular representation in the Persian Gulf.Papers dated November 1933 to February 1935 include:correspondence of the Political Agent, Kuwait, with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, and copies of correspondence sent by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, relating to the visit of the United States Minister at Baghdad to Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, and his intended visit to Riyadhcorrespondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the United States Consulate General, Baghdad (James S Moose), and Dr C S G Mylrea, of the American Mission, Kuwait, concerning the annual report on the automotive vehicle census of Kuwait, to be submitted by the American Consulate GeneralPapers dated March 1948 to April 1949 consist of correspondence relating to Indian consular representation in the Persian Gulf. The file does not include papers for the period March 1935 to February 1948.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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 relating to American consular posts in the Persian Gulf. This largely consists of: correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and the British Ambassador, Baghdad; copies of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the India Office, and between the Political Resident and the Political Agents at Bahrain and Muscat; copies of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; and copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and the United States Embassy, London.This correspondence mainly relates to the following subjects:the informal inclusion of Oman (Muscat), Qatar, and the Trucial Coast within the district of the United States Consul at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and the activities of the United States Vice-Consul at Dhahranthe proposed agreement between the United Kingdom and the US for the reciprocal grant of certain financial privileges for officials other than diplomatic and consular personnelthe report of the Political Agent, Kuwait, on the visit to Kuwait from 13 to 16 July 1945 of the US Vice-Consul at Basrah [Basra]the visit to Kuwait of the US Ambassador to Iraq as a guest of the Kuwait Oil Company on 28 March 1947 for two nightsenquiries made by the US Vice-Consul at Basra to the Political Agent, Kuwait, about Farsi Island and the Kuwait Order-in-Council and ‘extra-territoriality’the establishment of an American Consulate at KuwaitAmerican consular ‘infiltration’ into Kuwait and the saluting by gun of American consular officers during the visit of units of the US NavyPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; 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.