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Coll 30/73 'German activities in the Gulf (inc Hansa line)' [3r] (5/169)
The record is made up of 1 file (83 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1934-26 Apr 1939. 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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Confidential
* No. 181.
Ctyy fr /JJL/ "h
British Consulate
Basra,
2f7th January 1939.
Sir
I have the honour to report the following for
information and such action as you may consider necessary.
2. On the 3rd January 1939 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 Kuwait
informed me by telegram that a German national called Mohamad
had attempted to land at Kuwait without a visa. Although
his entry was prevented he declared his determination^ to
enter that territory, as also that fcf King Ibn Saud, by way
3. 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.
, to whom
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.
had addressed his telegram, requested
further information regarding the individual, and after
enquiries from a reliable source I discovered that "Mohamed"
was really Karl Stanek. styled as a student of entomology,
who after staying sii months in Baghdad, embraced the Moslem
faith and ther‘;dfter called himself Mohamed.
4. Herr Stanek called to see me on the 10th January and
requested a visa for India on his German passport, No.158/38
issued at Bombay on the 10th December last. He told me that
he had already received a visa for India from His Majesty's
Consul at Baghdad in August 1938 and that he had then proceeded
to Muscat, landed there, and after some days continued his journej
to India where he surrendered his Austrian passport in exhhange
for his present travel document. He left I n dia and then made
an attempt to land at Kuwait, as explained in paragraph 2.
Basra.
The Secretary to the Govhr nmmt nf
in the External Affairs Department
New D„lhi, India.
ENCLOSURE IN INDIA
FOREIGN SECRETARY’S LETTER
No. DATE RECEIVED
64' -6 - 4 2 4 -4-1939
5/
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The file concerns various German activities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , principally the presence in the Gulf of German shipping, which was operated by the Hansa Line. The Foreign Office wished 'to discourage, as far as possible, German penetration in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folio 65).
The papers cover: list of foreign shipping services running to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , January 1934 (folio 83); British concern over 'subsidised' foreign shipping and trade (folio 75); intelligence concerning German interests and the movements of Hansa Line ships; correspondence concerning an official report on 'Recent Activities of the Hansa Line', dated October 1936 (folios 65-70); correspondence concerning the carriage of mails from New York to Bahrain on German ships (folios 41-53); reaction to increased German trade activities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 18-30); concern over the possible use of German shipping lines to transport Nazi propaganda for distribution in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (e.g. folios 10-12); and refusal of visas to German nationals (folios 3-9).
The file contains significant correspondence from 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. , Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), and 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. .
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (83 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 84; 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.
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- Title
- Coll 30/73 'German activities in the Gulf (inc Hansa line)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:27v, 30v:84v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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