'16/4 JAP. SHIPPING IN P.G. 21-5-34 TO 3-7-40 I'

Content

The file contains correspondence relating to Japanese shipping activities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1934 to 1940. Topics discussed include:

• visits by Japanese trawlers to the region, possible justifications for excluding them from docking at local reports and how to discourage Japanese commercial penetration of the Arab coast;
• the impact of large Japanese trawlers and associated equipment on the health of the pearling banks;
• possible justifications in international law to deny to non-Arab vessels access to the pearling banks.
• the visit in 1938 of a Japanese naval tanker to collect fuel oil.

The file includes maps of the pearling banks including a sketch map drawn by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.

Correspondents include: Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Percy Loch, 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; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; C C Lewis de Grenier, Director of Customs, Government of Bahrain; Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. ; Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation;

Extent and format

1 file (387 folios)

It is grouped into

'Print of Pearl Banks used by Trucial Coast Divers'

2 images

Ref: IOR/W/R/15/2/553, f 308

'Map of pearl banks used by Trucial Coast divers'

2 images

Ref: IOR/W/R/15/2/553, f 309

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 387; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-383; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English and French 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/15/2/553

Former external reference(s)

Confidential Office 16/4 I

History of this record

Date(s)

21 May 1934-3 Jul 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DivingTrawlers (vessels)Pearl fisheries

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