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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [387r] (774/938)
The record is made up of 1 file (467 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1941-9 Feb 1946. 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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96
97
92
and discuseed the question of the development of the
port v/ith the Resident and Consul.
• Considerable progress was made during the month with
the workshop opened by the united Kingdom Comrjeicia-
Corporation for the assembly of lorries* The workshop
was reported by the end of the month to be r^ady to
commence assembly* The workshop has a Resident Manager,
Mr *G*V.Helps, who arrived on the i8th December*
• Mr* Hroozewiez, the Fampsax Co.engineer in charge of
the Hushire-Borazjun section of the Bushire-Shiraz road,
took up his headquarters at Bushire on the 5th* He has
been able to obtain all the labour and materials required
and started work early.
• Two officers of the U.3.Army attached to the American
Lease lend Mission visited Bushire. They enquired about
the port facilities but v/ere chiefly interested in the
road, over which they travelled to Shiraz. They showed
a welcome breadth of view and appeared to be interested in
securing the maximum efficiency of the Bushire supply
route. They talked of first class Urdnance or even
American driirers being available if local or Armenian
drivers were not up to maintaining the high and strenuous
standard which the efficient maintenance of a rapid service
of trucks demanded. Similarly, they thought the road could
be more efficiently repaired with tools and machines
1 le from 'ca rather than in the comparatively
old-fashioned methods now employed. In t]is view they
may have been correct but at least a start is be in,,; made.
TV. IRA1TIATT ,r IIITARY •
99. Owing to the removal of the chief Conscription
Officer on a charge of corruption, the work of conscription
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This file contains copies of the monthly diary of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General in Bushire that was compiled by the Secretary of 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 Bushire.
The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that month, most entries contain the following headings:
- movements of British officials
- local affairs
- tribal and political
- security
- public health
- public relations
- shipping and commerce
- tribal and political
- meteorological
- communications
- economic situation
- war supplies
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 (467 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; 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 2-468; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
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- Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:468v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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