'File 10/17 (10/26) Priority air freight for BAPCO cinema films'

Content

The file contains letters between Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), the 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. in Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation to transport BAPCO's films to India by air.

There is an index at the end of the file (folio 6). The reference number 10/26 on the cover is crossed and the file was then renumbered as 10/17.

Extent and format

1 file (6 folios)

Arrangement

The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 6). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Physical characteristics

The foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner. The numbering begins on the front cover with 1, and runs through to 8, on the inside of the back cover of the file.

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/15/2/445

Former external reference(s)

Confidential files: 10/17 Confidential files: 10/26

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Sep 1945-26 Sep 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Petroleum industry

People & organisations

Adviser to the Government of BahrainBahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Political Agency, Confidential OfficeSecretary of State for India and Burma, United KingdomSecretary of State for India, United KingdomKing of BahrainBahrain Political AgencyShaikh Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Hakim of BahrainShaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, Hakim of BahrainSa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd, King of Saudi Arabia

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'File 10/17 (10/26) Priority air freight for BAPCO cinema films', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/445, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/436> [accessed 27 May 2024]

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