'File 4/11 Reuters Agency in Bahrain'

Content

The file contains copy correspondence arising from a visit made by Mr Boxall of Reuters News Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bahrain, to discuss company business. The correspondence consists of a memorandum (reference number Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Endorsement 431-S) and a confidential letter (Dominions Office reference numbers D.O.607-S and D.O. 608-s), addressed to F.A.K. Harrison, The India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London. Both items were written by William Rupert Hay ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain) and copied to Cornelius James Pelly ( Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain).

Hay reported that Mr Boxall of Reuters News Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. had asked him to pass on any news worthy of publication to Mr Meikle, Reuters correspondent in Bahrain, and to recommend a correspondent for Reuters in Kuwait. Hay sought the advice of Maurice Patrick O’Connor Tandy, British ambassador to Kuwait, who recommended Angus Macdonald of the Kuwait Oil Company for the position of Reuters correspondent in Kuwait.

Extent and format

1 file (3 folios)

Arrangement

File papers are arranged chronologically. At the end of the file is one page of file notes listing the file contents, which comprise two documents. The list also records the reference numbers ‘1’ and ‘2’ which have been written on the two documents in red crayon and encircled.

Physical characteristics

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 file cover (f.1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f.5).

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/932

Former external reference(s)

Information Series: 4/11

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Mar 1947-16 Apr 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

PropagandaPublic informationIntelligence operations

People & organisations

Reuters, news agencyAdviser to the Government of BahrainBahrain Political Agency

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