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‘File 28/1 War – Miscellaneous’ [‎13r] (25/374)

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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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West Frontier Province.
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The Hon 1 hie the Agent to the Governor General, Rootacut
and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan.
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The Hon 1 tie 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pltni-
pctentiary at the Court of Nepal ?
The Political Officer in Sikkim.
His Majesty's Consul General for Khorasan,
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His Majesty's Consul General, Kashgar.
The Counsellor, British Legation, Kabul #
His Britannic Majesty's Consul General in the .French
Establishments in India, Pondicherry,
His Britannic Majesty f 's Consul in the Portuguese
Possessions in India, Ponclichcrry.
Bated New Delhi, the 19th January 1940.
Subject:- Journeys of service personnel via
neutral countries.
Sir,
I am directed to enclose a copy of an India Army Order
dated the 5th January 1940, on the above subject,
2. Although the India Army Order applies only to combatant
officers who might be in danger of internment if they were
to travel through, of call at, any port in, a neutral country,
there is an equal risk that military officers in civil employ
might also be liable to internment since the authorities in a
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foreign state cannot be expected to distinguish aetween genuine
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combatant officers and civil officers with military rank. 1 ^
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Accordingly it has been-decided'that this restriction should *
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be applied to all military officers bf the Indian Political
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Service and ether military officers in civil employ under the
External Affairs Department.
I have the hone ur to be
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
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Under Secretary to the Government of India - .

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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).
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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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