Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding invitations from Iran, Ministry of Health to send representation to the 25th anniversary celebration of the opening of the Persian Pasteur Institute in Tehran. The majority of the file contains correspondence regarding the decision to send a Doctor Pirdie and Colonel Findlay as representatives of the UK, and includes discussions of travel arrangements and dress code. The main correspondents are as follows Sir John Helier Le Rougetel (HM Ambassador to Iran); the British Embassy, Cairo and the Government of India, External Affairs Department. The file also includes a telegram addressed to the Foreign Office from Le Routegel relaying information received from the French Embassy and the physician of the British Embassy in Iran, Tehran. The telegram suggests that plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Persian Pasteur Institute have been organised in order to jeopardise an inspection planned by the French Pasteur Institute and to prevent their plans to replace the current Persian head. The United States of America’s planned representation is discussed and concern over potential Russian involvement in the event of the United Kingdom’s failure to send a representative is also expressed.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; 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 correspondence relating to the celebrations to be held in Portugal in 1939 and 1940 of the eighth centenary of the foundation of the Portuguese Nation and the third centenary of the re-establishment of Portuguese independence.It mainly consists of copies sent to the India Office of correspondence between the Foreign Office and the following: the Ministry of Information, the British Council, the Universities Bureau of the British Council, and Dr Armindo R Monteiro, Portuguese Embassy; regarding the Congress of the Portuguese World to be held in Portugal in 1940.It also includes correspondence between the following: the Foreign Office and the Under Secretary of State for India; the India Office and the Government of India, External Affairs Department; and the Political Resident in Persian Gulf and the Government of India, External Affairs Department; concerning the request by the Portuguese Ambassador for assistance in securing from the authorities at Muscat the loan of suitable objects for inclusion in an exhibition to be organised in connection with the celebrations.The file includes a copy of a memorandum in French from the Portuguese Ambassador to London, dated 23 May 1938 (folio 24-25).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.
Abstract: Correspondence regarding the Muscat royal family, in particular the bicentenary of the Al Bu Said [Āl Bū Sa‘īd] dynasty.The majority of the papers concern the 200th anniversary of the Al Bu Said lineage attaining power in Oman in 1744. Several matters are discussed:the precise date on which to mark the eventhow to mark the event, including the issue of a series of commemorative stamps in Muscat and Zanzibar (where a strand of the dynasty holds power) and the discussion over design and quantitieswhether the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) should cover the event in some waymessages of congratulation from various figures, including King George VI of BritainAlso contained within the file:a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the 'position and personality' of the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], dated 16 August 1937 (folios 98-102)report of the birth of the Sultan's son in December 1940 (folio 86)The principal correspondents include officials from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Colonial and India Offices, and Buckingham Palace.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 103; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.