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‘File 28/15 Submarine Menace’ [‎8r] (15/116)

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The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 25 Jun 1940-24 Aug 1944. It was written in English. 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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Secret•
Ho.D.3257-w/40.
Goyernment of India#
External Affaire department#
Dated Hew Delhi, the 29th July,1940#
A copy of the undermentioned paper ie forwarded to
the Honourable 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 the Pereian Gulf,
Hie Britannic MajeBty f s Consul General in the “French Betablieh-
mente and Portuguese Possessions in India, Pondicherry,
for information#
Memorandum from the General Staff Branch, Army Head
quarters, India, to all Censor Stations in India, Ho#429/
Censors, dated the 16th July 1940#
The Haval Authorities state that the batteries of a
modern long range submarine are sealed, and evaporation should
therefore be nil. They are nevertheless interested in any
indication of the despatch of distilled water out of India,
in addition to the movements of fuel, lubricants, etc# Such
movements should be immediately. reported to this office as
well as to the local Haval Authorities •
By order, etc.,
sd# I.S.Gonsalves
Assistant Secretary to the Government of
India
Ho •429/Censors#
Army Headquarters, Indi
General Staff Branch.
Simla, the 16th July
Bombay
Peshawar
Quetta
Calcutta
Chittagong
Darj eeling
Belgaum
Hegapatam
Port Blair
Amednagar
Karachi
Madras
Madura
Subject:- Possible Means of Discovering
Submarine Bases#
sd • H.C.Bannatyne,
Chief Censor, India.

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The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to enemy submarine activity in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman throughout the War. The principal correspondents in the file are: 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. at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham); the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (POTC: Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe; Captain Maurice O’Connor Tandy); and the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (SNOPG: Commodore Cosmo Moray Graham; Commodore Charles Ford Hammill).

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1 file (56 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 54-57) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 58; 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 2-53; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Paginated: the file notes at the back (ff 54-57) have been paginated using pencil.

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