‘File 16/37 A II Anti Locust Measures’ [‎346r] (691/884)

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Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to locust-control campaigns taking place on the Arabian peninsula and in southern Persia [Iran] between May 1943 and September 1944. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’ (IOR/R/15/2/1544). The principal correspondents 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 (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Captain Michael Gray Dixon; Major Tom Hickinbotham); representatives of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit (MEALU) including the Chief Locust Officer (Reginald Charles Maxwell-Darling; Leslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald) and Administrative Officer (W H E Matthews); representatives of the Middle East Supply Centre (MESC) (Maxwell-Darling); and representatives of the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; George William Reginald Smith).

The correspondence covers:

• arrangements for the pay and expenses of men employed in the 1942/43 locust campaign;
• arrangements for the return of motor vehicles used in the 1942/43 locust campaign, and arrangements for repairs to and replacement of motor vehicles;
• arrangements, orders and instructions for the 1943/44 locust campaign, including arrangements for the provision of equipment, poison bait, medical supplies, transport and fuel, finances, Arabic interpreters, communications;
• MEALU reports on locust observations during the 1943/44 campaign.

The file contains papers dated April 1952 relating to the repatriation of three destitute pilgrims from Bahrain to Pakistan, which were presumably added to the file in error (ff 161-164).

Extent and format

1 file (440 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 404-441) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 442; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-403; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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