« Previous |
1 - 12 of 15
|
Next »
Number of results to display per page
Search Results
1. 'C-85. 86/30 - I WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BAHRAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA'
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence regarding applications from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), represented primarily by Hamilton R Ballantyne and Max Weston Thornburg, for permission to install wireless apparatus and operate wireless telegraphy between Dhahran [Aẓ-Ẓahrān] and Awali [ʻAwālī].The discussion, which is primarily between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Evelin Alban), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, the India Office (Roland Tennyson peel, John Percival Gibson, Esmond Walter Rawson Lumby), and the Imperial Communications Advisory Committee (William Warren Shaw-Zambra) relates initially to the question of whether Cable and Wireless have a monopoly on international telegraphic communications in Bahrain, and whether therefore such a proposal would infringe on that.The later correspondence discusses the wartime implications of such a communication service, particularly in regards to the question of censorship, and its possibilities as an advance warning of enemy aircraft from Arabia, which arises following the air raid on CASOC’s facility at Dhahran in 1941.Also discussed in the volume is a proposal for an agreement between Cable and Wireless and BAPCO whereby Cable and Wireless would operate the services required by BAPCO for a fee, but it was ultimately abandoned owing to restrictions laid down by the Saudi Arab Government that wireless communication between the two companies would only be permitted provided the recipient wireless sets in Bahrain were on BAPCO sites only.Other matters discussed in the volume include:the discovery that CASOC were using wireless sets on board launches and tankers outside of the territorial waters of Saudi Arabia to communicate direct with the USA and whether or not this contravened international laws or regulations;the potential expansion of the Bahrain refinery to accommodate wartime needs, using crude oil shipped from Saudi Arabia;an agreement made in 1935 between the Saudi Government, Sudan Government, Eastern Telegraph Company and Cable and Wireless which granted Cable and Wireless a monopoly in Saudi Arabia;concerns over the Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate and their lack of awareness and concern over the need for secrecy in wartime.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 186-193.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 197; 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 5-185; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
2. 'War Censorship'
- Description:
- Abstract: This volume pertains to the wartime censorship of communication to and from Muscat during the Second World War. In particular, the volume's papers contain instructions from the Government of India to the Political Agency in Muscat on the precise parameters of wartime censorship in multiple languages, including Arabic. This includes information on sailing dates of British shipping, the surveillance of the letters of Germen citizens, and the removal of all mention of British naval movements from telegrams and written communication. Other aspects of the regime of censorship instituted at the beginning of the war include the elimination of languages other than English, Arabic, and Guajarati from all communication with the Political Agency in Muscat and the treatment of undesirable printed material from overseas.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 258; 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 6-230; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
3. 'File 4/15 Sale of the "al-Arab" in Bahrain'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains three items of confidential correspondence (reference numbers 127/5/48; S.O. No.C/L-203; D.O.No.C/305-9A) between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly (Political Agent, Bahrain) and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave (Adviser to the Bahrain Government).At the request of the Resident, Pelly investigated the recent distribution and sale of the newspaper al-Arabin Bahrain, by local bookseller Salman Kamal, at first mistakenly identified as Ibrahim bin Mohammed. Pelly sought the advice of Belgrave.Physical description: Foliation: numbered 1 to 5 in pencil in the top right hand corner and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the first file enclosure (f.1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f.5). The front file cover is not foliated.
4. ‘File 28/18 Sabotage smuggling etc of mail’
- Description:
- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence and notes relating to the possible sabotage and smuggling of mail: a telegram from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG), dated 18 November 1940, reporting a suspected case of sabotage in which a leaking jar of acid was found in a mail bag (f 2); a second telegram from the SNOPG, dated 1 December 1940, reporting that neutral ships occasionally smuggle mail, and asking whether arrangements exist for the examination of mail and ships’ boxes at British ports (f 3); the Political Agent at Bahrain’s reply to this last telegram, to the SNOPG, dated 22 December 1940, stating that the postmaster is ordered to send for censorship all mail brought ashore from neutral ships (f 5). A note, written by the Political Agent, details the discussion had with the SNOPG on this last matter (f 6).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 8; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-5; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
5. Coll 44/26 ‘War. (Defense, Protective and other Measures) Censorship restrictions in the Persian Gulf.’
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to censorship restrictions on telegrams in the Persian Gulf, during the Second World War.The correspondence discusses:The Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file) branch of Cable and Wireless receiving orders from Head Office not to send or accept telegrams in Arabic between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and the Political Agent at Bahrain and the India Office seeking the removal of this banAn enquiry from the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding whether Imperial Airways are allowed by the censor to use the International Air Traffic Association code for cables to their stations on British Empire routesThe Postmaster, Kuwait (also spelled Koweit in the file), receiving instructions to accept telegrams for Germany and Italy for despatch via Persia [Iran], and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf expressing the view that such telegrams should not be sent to enemy territory from Kuwait, and that the Iraqi Government should be asked to withdraw the instructionsCable and Wireless receiving an enquiry from the Sheik [Shaikh] of Kuwait and the Political Agent at Kuwait regarding the possibility of accepting and transmitting telegrams in Arabic at Kuwait for countries in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt and IraqThe Bahrain Petroleum Company requesting permission to exchange telegrams with their Head Office in New York in a secret company codeA proposal from the Political Agent, Kuwait, for the establishment of a temporary direct wireless circuit between Kuwait and Riyadh (also spelled this Ryad in the file) during the tour of a special mission to Kuwait from Riyadh.The correspondence consists of telegrams, letters, India Office draft copies of telegrams and letters, and India Office internal notes.The principal correspondent is the India Office. Other correspondents include: the Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the General Post Office Telecommunications Department; HM Ambassador, Bagdad [Baghdad], Sir Basil Newton; HM Consul General, New York; Cable and Wireless Limited; Persia and Iraq Command (PAIC); and the War Office.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file 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 last folio with 91; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
6. Ext 271/43 Censorship of messages sent by Turkish mission in New Delhi
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains a telegram from the Government of India, External Department, to the Secretary of State for India, informing that restrictions were applied to the messages sent by the Turkish mission in New Delhi.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
7. Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
- Description:
- Abstract: This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia (later referred to more frequently as Iran). Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office.Other prominent correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran (Daniel William Lascelles; Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny); His Majesty's Consul, Isfahan; His Majesty's Consul General, Tabriz (Thomas Cecil Rapp); His Majesty's Ambassador in Washington (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, referred to in the correspondence as Viscount Halifax, and later, as Earl of Halifax); His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Archibald Clark Kerr); officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office.The correspondence includes discussion of the following:Political affairs in Persia, including elections, resignations, and the reconstruction of the Cabinet.Reports of the theft of telephone cables used by the British military in Persia.The Shah's [Muhammad Reza Khan] personal finances.Reports of Russian interference in Persian elections.The procedural and administrative arrangements of the Persian National Consultative Assembly (mainly referred to in the correspondence as the Majlis; the file also includes a list of the deputies of the 14th Majlis, with biographical notes).The tenability of the position of Dr Arthur Chester Millspaugh, United States financial adviser to the Persian Government and head of the Millspaugh mission.Anti-British opinion in the Iranian press.Details of the main political parties in Persia (particular coverage is given to the Tudeh party).Radio broadcasts in Persia, and the proposal from His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran that the British should begin producing regular radio reports in Persian, which should be broadcast by the BBC in London.The question of whether the British should agree to the release of Persian internees described as 'fifth columnists'.The case for abandoning political censorship (as a response to Soviet censorship in press telegrams).The French language material consists of extracts and cuttings from two French language Iranian publications, Journal de Tehranand Messager de Téhéran; the Farsi language material consists of a copy of an aide-memoire by His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran, which is dated 25 January 1945 and appears in English and Farsi.The file includes five dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.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 573; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
8. Ext 1186/43 'Transmission of mail from Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain Island, to its Head Office in New York'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains papers regarding the transmission of internal correspondence between Bahrain and New York by the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The file covers concerns that sensitive information is being sent openly and is therefore vulnerable to enemy interception, and suggestions that future transmissions be sent via diplomatic bag. The primary correspondents are: Chief Censor, Nigeria; Ministry of Information; Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department; Foreign Office; India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
9. PZ 1673/40 'Activities of ADC to Shaikh of Kuwait'
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains translated correspondence sent between Izzat Mohamed Jaafar, the Aide-de-Camp and Private Secretary to the Shaikh of Kuwait, and George Maratos of Alexandria. The correspondence relates to the activities of Jaafar, in particular his negotiations over the purchase of arms, and was intercepted by the Middle East Intelligence Centre. Folio 9 is written in French.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description 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.
10. PZ 1906/1940 'Persian Gulf: shipment of Political Residents' personal stores'
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the interception of mail sent by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior. Details of the intercepted mail, regarding the shipment of his personal stores, are included in the file, alongside correspondence relating directly to the subject of the censorship of personal mail received by British officials. Some of the correspondence includes handwritten annotations.The main correspondents in the file are the Political Resident, Charles de Graz in the British Postal Censorship Department, Cecil Herbert Silver (Admin Officer for Political Intelligence) and Roland Tennyson Peel (Assistant Secretary for Political Department).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
11. PZ 8058/1939 'Persia: censorship of news'
- Description:
- Abstract: This letter was sent from Horace James Seymour (British Minister at Tehran) to Viscount Halifax (Foreign Secretary), and details the practice of, and possible reasons for, police censorship of the news in Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. PZ 2123/40 'Wartime censorship: intercepted letters'
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains various excerpts from, and full translations of, letters sent during the Second World War and intercepted by the Government of India. The file includes:a letter from a member of staff from LM Ericsson relating to the sale and shipping of fuses to the Royal Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones in Kabulan excerpt of a letter from an employee of the Ministry of Public Works in Kabul about the working experience of European staffa letter from Willi Berger of Kabul regarding the export of goods after the wara letter from the Ottoman Bank to Banke Millie in Kabul which includes a telegraphic key and cipher.The letters are forwarded between government officials including the Chief Censor for India; the General Staff Branch (Censor Section) at the Army Head Quarters in India; Cecil Arthur Grant Savidge (the Under-Secretary to the Government of India); and HM Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- « Previous
- Next »
- 1 Current Page, Page 1
- 2