Abstract: This file contains papers relating to visits by the Royal Indian Navy to ports in East Africa and the Indian Ocean. The majority of the papers are exchanges between the Colonial Office in London and British officials in East Africa. The bulk of the papers convey serious British concerns about Indian ambitions across the region, particularly in places such as Mauritius where there is a sizable Indian majority. Many of the folios discuss the reception accorded to visiting Indian officers and naval staff in East African port cities as a measure of loyalty to Britain.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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 concerns the procedure to be followed ahead of visits by ships of the Royal Pakistan Navy and the Royal Indian Navy to the Persian Gulf states, following the independence of Pakistan and India. The issue arose from the visit of the flagship of the Royal Pakistan Navy, HMPS
Godavari, to Gwadur [Gwadar], Muscat, and Bahrein [Bahrain] in November 1947. Correspondence between the Commonwealth Relations Office, the Foreign Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay), and British officials in Pakistan and India, discusses the permission required for such visits from the British Government and the Sultan of 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 31; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.