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1. ‘File 13/11 Air communications with Bushire’
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- Abstract: The file comprises a copy of a single letter, dated 16 May 1942, from the Political Resident, Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, to Hugh Weightman, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department. In the letter Hay requests that one of the five weekly air services currently flying along the Arab coast of the Gulf, be diverted to stop at Bushire. Hay makes the request in light of the ‘incredibly bad’ communications currently existing between the Political Residency in Bushire and the other British agencies in the Gulf. Hay makes reference to the extra work entailed in having to send almost every telegram in cypher, and to the destruction of the mailer steamer Suisangin a fire at Abadan, as exacerbating communications problems.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 2-3; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
2. Ext 3485/42 'Destruction at Abadan of SS Suisang'
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- Abstract: The file contains a letter from the British Consulate in Khorramshar, transmitted to the India Office by the British Legation at Tehran, on the subject of the SS Suisang, a British India Steam Navigation Company's ship which caught fire at Abadan whilst loading aviation petrol, and was sunk. The letter also mentions that a small safe containing a revolver, money and other objects was removed from the wreck, and that an Arab named Haji Faisali helped locating it.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.