Abstract: Correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the American Mission at Bahrain (including the American Mission Hospital) relating to three separate matters:an application made in May 1945 by Dr William Harold Storm of the American Mission Hospital, to travel to Hassa [al-Aḥsā’] with members of his staff, to treat members of the Amir’s family at Hassa Oasis (ff 2-4);a request, dated April 1947, for an employee of the American Mission to receive 3,000 French francs from relatives in Dakar, Senegal (ff 5-6);a request, dated April 1948, made through the Commonwealth Relations Office (and taken over by the Foreign Office) for three COI (Central Office of Information) films to be sent to the American Mission at Bahrain. The three films (
Your Children’s Ears,
Your Children’s Eyesand
Your Children’s Teeth) were supplied to the Mission on indefinite loan (ff 7-8).The first page of office notes (f 9) refers to correspondence not in the file: correspondence dated 1945 relating to an allowance paid to Dr (Paul Wilberforce) Harrison of the American Mission, who acts as medical attendant to the Agency.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence 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.
Abstract: This file consists primarily of letters between the Foreign Office and Keymer, Son and Company Limited. In their correspondence, Messrs Keymer request deferment of the conscription of one of the employee's because of their value to the company.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the provision of medical facilities on the Trucial Coast including the political reasons for doing so. Specifically, the correspondence discusses the opening of a medical dispensary in Dubai in June 1939.The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence related to the opening of an American Mission hospital in Qatar in 1947.In addition to this correspondence the file contains the following documents:'Report on Dibai [Dubai] Dispensary' (folios 73-74)'Statement showing estimated cost of dispensary on the Trucial Coast' (folio 127).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 inside back cover with 129; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.