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PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes' [8r] (15/136)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938. 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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SECRET
COPY OF
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CIRCULATED)
( 89 groups)
D EC Y PH ER OP TELEGRAM ,
Fowls,
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 Secretary of
State for India.
2245
XXX
Dated
Received
Risher, 4th June 1938.
1.15 p.m. , 4th June 1938.
IMPORTANT.
224,
Addressed to Secretary of State for India* repeated
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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* copy by post Government of India.
Your telegram No.1062, June 3rd. In view of the Company { b
insistence I agree to their sending Holmes to Bahrain.
2. With regard to Cadman’s views at the end of your
paragraph No.2 . This is not the case. (a) Sheikh*
vide my telegram T 126 of May 2nd* was willing to give
Petroleum Concessions Limited all that they required and
(h) it is only (? last) minute threats hy Bahrain Petroleum
Company that have hrolight about present situation
Holmes could not have got rn^re out of Sheikh than (a) and
could certainly not have prevented (b). As I am chiefly
responsible for the exclusion of Holmes from Bahrain up to
date, I would be grateful if you would explain this to
Cadman in any way you think, fit.
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The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the correspondence is between 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. and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns objections to the potential employment of Holmes as a negotiator on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Koweit [Kuwait], and his past record as a negotiator on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and as Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
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- 1 file (68 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/233
- Title
- PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:67v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence