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37. Coll 29/111 'Bushire: provision of transport for tours of Political Resident'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the provision of transport facilities for tours of the Political Resident at Bushire to the Persian Gulf, by ship and aircraft.The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Viceroy, the British Legation at Tehran, the Treasury, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Air Ministry, the Ministry of War, the Admiralty, the Government of India, and Camper & Nicholsons Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 322; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
38. Coll 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to: a tour of Muscat by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Consul-General, Bushire, in February 1940; his journey from Muscat to Bahrein [Bahrain] in the ship LT [Lighthouse Tender] Nearchus; and a later tour of Bandar Abbas, Jask and Chahbar [Chabahar] in Iran by Prior in November and December 1943.The correspondence includes the following letters from Prior to the Secretary to the Government of India External Affairs Department: a letter dated 26 April 1940, which consists of a detailed account of his trip to Muscat, including the day he spent at Kuwait with Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, and a stop to refuel and meet the Senior Naval Officer at Khor Kuwai [Khawr al Quway‘] on the way to Muscat, with twelve enclosed photographs [IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 22; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 23; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 24; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 25; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 26; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 27; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 28; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 29; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 30; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 31; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 32; IOR/L/PS/12/3940, f 63]; and a letter dated 29 April 1940, recounting Prior’s cruise from Muscat to Bahrain, with stops at Qais [Kish] Island and Ras Tanura. Copies of these letters were sent from Prior to Roland Tennyson Peel at the India Office.The file also includes: a copy (sent from Prior to the Secretary of State for India) of a letter from Prior to Sir Reader William Bullard, HM Minister, Tehran, dated 28 January 1944, which contains a report of his tour of Bandar Abbas, Jask and Chabahar; a letter in response from Bullard to Prior dated 22 February 1944; and a letter from the Foreign Office to Bullard, dated 23 March 1944, regarding Prior’s report.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 66, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
39. Coll 29/95 'Tours and receptions of the Political Resident: reports'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The file covers:Political Resident's tours of the Trucial Coast, 1940 and 1942Anglo-Iranian relations, 1940report of a reception at the Residency, 1941Political Resident's visit to Bahrain, 1944.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the British Legation at Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 43; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
40. File 815/1917 Pt 12 ‘Persian Gulf: Resident’s Despatch Vessel Arrangements for transporting the Resident.’
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- Abstract: This part contains papers relating to the provision of a despatch vessel for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to transport him on his regular tours of the Persian Gulf, and his occasional visits to places on the Arabian coast in order to deal with events as they arise.It includes papers relating to the following:The proposal of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India that the steam ship Patrick Stewartshould be hired from the Indo-European Telegraph Department for the use of the Political Resident for his normal touring periodsThe Government of India’s proposal that the Colonial Office should be asked to contribute towards the cost of hiring the Patrick StewartThe question of what arrangements would be made for the Resident’s tours in the Gulf following the transfer of the Patrick Stewartfrom the Indo-European Telegraph Department to the Communications Company (Imperial and International Communications Limited)The proposed purchase of the Patrick Stewartby the Government of IndiaThe Government of India’s position that owing to the need for financial stringency they were unable to purchase the Patrick Stewartor any other vessel for the use of the Political Resident as a despatch vesselThe Admiralty being unable to agree to the suggestion that HMS Triadmight be borrowed occasionally by the Political ResidentThe Admiralty agreeing to the India Office proposal to place on a formal basis the hitherto informal arrangements for making sloops available, through the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, for the transport of the Resident.The papers mostly consist of correspondence and India Office Political Department minute papers.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the India Store Department of the Office of the High Commissioner for India; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; Imperial and International Communications Limited; and the Agents of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, Bombay.The papers also include a photograph of the steam ship Patrick Stewart(folio 530A).Physical description: 1 item (452 folios)
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