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‘File 28/1 War – Miscellaneous’ [7r] (13/374)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 6 Jun 1939-7 Jul 1943. 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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To Governors of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the United Provinces, the >
Punjab, Bihar, the Central Provinces and Berar, Assam, the north
west Frontier Province, Orissa dnd Sind.
The Viceroy's House, Wev< Lelhi.
October 5th 1»3».
My dear,
I have been receiving, since the outbreak of war, a number of
financial contributions and offers of money, both for war purposes gen
erally and for specific objects, such as the relief of the wounded con
nected with war, and I have no doubt that you have been receiving
similar contributions and offers.
My difficulty in using these offers to the fullest advantage is due
to the fact that the demands likely to be made upon India in the course
of the campaign are still uncertain. But I feel strongly that it would
be a great pity to allow the first flush of enthusiasm to disappear, or
seriously to diminish, merely because of our failure to try to turn it
to advantage. I have, therefore, as you will have seen from the announ
cement in the Press on Friday, September 2i?th, decided to open a War
Purposes Fund of myWn, to be administered by me with the assistance of
an Appeal Committee, and I am inclined to suggest that if in your Pro
vince contributions or offers of contributions are reaching you on any
scale, and unless you prefer to advise enquirere to contribute to my
Fund, you might think it wise, to establish a similar fund of your own
into which contributions could be paid, pending the announcement of a
more general appeal. In the same connection, there has been correspon
dence with your Secretary as regards an appeal on behalf of the Bed Cros*
but though I myself think we ought tot to postpone the issue of that
ppeal very much longer, the time, I am advised, is hardly ripe for it.
In any case as soon as I can assemble the seven or eight members of
My Appeal Committee in Delhi, a further full statement will be issued
about my War Purposes Fund, and the objects for which and the manner in
which it will be applied. The Committee will also have to consider how
my Fund is to be related to other funds which are likely to be raised
for special purposes connected with the war, and as soon as these matter
have been decided and publicly explained, the way will be clear towards
directing public generality into the most useful channels.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/- iiXfci.ITiiaO*.
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The file contains copies of correspondence on a range of subjects associated both directly and indirectly with events and the impact of the Second World War. Key correspondents in the file include: 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 (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major H T Hewitt).
Subjects in the file include:
- correspondence dated October 1939 from officials in the Government of India, on the institution of a War Purposes fund by the Governor-General and Viceroy of India, Victor Alexander John Hope (ff 6-11);
- the detention in June 1940 of Italian prisoners of war on board HMS Falmouth at Jubail, Bahrain (ff 17-19);
- enquiries made by the Government of India in 1940 into desert vehicles used by the Californian Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), with detailed information supplied by CASOC, including: diagrams of tyre profiles; photographs of trucks manufactured by US companies Marmon Herrington and the Autocar Company; statistical data and measurements for trucks (ff 20-25, ff 28-36, ff 41-65);
- enquiries made by the Government of India Supply Development Committee in 1942 into the prevalence in the Gulf of large sharks, as part of an investigation into the possibility of using shark skin in lieu of leather as a wartime measure (ff 80-86);
- preparations against the prospect of enemy attack undertaken in Bahrain during 1942, including: the appropriation of sites for the construction of defensive posts and anti-aircraft batteries (f 88, f 99, f 100, ff 122-125, f 141); the arrival in Bahrain of the No. 57 Indian Garrison Company; the removal of signposts in Bahrain (f 98); camel and horse patrols; artillery practice and manoeuvres (f 116, ff 118-120); protection of cable communications on the island (ff 139-140). A letter from 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, to the Secretary to the Government of India, dated 23 December 1942, gives an overview of the preparations made for the defence of Bahrain (ff 149-151);
- Troop movements in the Gulf in 1942 (ff 103-104);
- 1942 Ministry of State proposals to standardise time in the Middle East and East African Commands (ff 112-113, ff 134-135).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (185 folios)
- Arrangement
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 168-186) do not strictly follow this chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 187; 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. Between ff 47-52 these numbers have also been underlined. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present between ff 2-167; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The exceptions being ff 47-52 where the previous sequence was not crossed out, as these folios consist of photographic prints.
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- Title
- ‘File 28/1 War – Miscellaneous’
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- front, front-i, 2v:28v, 37r:38v, 41r:44v, 46r:46v, 64r:82v, 85r:93v, 95r:98v, 100r:100v, 102r:105v, 107r:113v, 115r:122v, 124r:124v, 126r:126v, 129r:136v, 138r:165v, 167r:176v, 178r:186v, back-i, back
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