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'File 10/36 BAPCO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS' [‎18r] (35/274)

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The record is made up of 1 file (136 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1948-2 Mar 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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Mo. C/L.14Q
T1IK POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , liAiiHAIIi.
Dated the 9th ^epteraber, liMS,
To.
The Chief Local Representative,
Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.,
Bahrain.
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Dear Sir
Will you please refer to correspondence
resting with Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. latter No. C/L-S7 dated the 24th July, 1948.
now bean assigned to your Company and cleared with the
Communication Boards in the United Kingdom and overseas.
to your Company and call signs for the individual stations
should be made by the addition of not more than three letters
to the basic si^n ^6; e.g. MP5A, MP t 5B f etc. Your Company
may assign call signs to individual stations but I should be
informed in every instance of an individual assignment.
4. 1 should also be grateful for confirmation
that the power to be used is 300 watts and 60 watts, in the
case of the fixed and the mobile stations respectively, and not
300 Kilowatts and 60 Kilowatts, as stated in your letter
No. C/PA-329 dated the 18th April, 1943.
2.
The frequencies of 4086 and 7635 Kc/s have
The call sign block MP5 has been allotted
Yours faithfully.
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.
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The file contains correspondence between 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, 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. in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the negotiations for the installation of radio communication stations for BAPCO. There are some documents in Arabic, mainly correspondence with the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al-Thani, on the option to install a station in Qatar.

There are some maps within the file: a sketch of 'Qatar' (folio 65) showing Doha and the surrounding areas and 'PROPOSED LOCATION OF RESERVATION FOR DECCA NAVIGATION RADIO STATION, BUDAIA' (folio 137).

There is an index at the end of the file (folios 129-135).

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1 file (136 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 129-135). 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.

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The foliation is written in pencil, encircled, in the top right corner. It begins on the cover, on number 1, and carries on until 138, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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