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PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes' [‎22r] (43/136)

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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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FILE COPY
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(137 groups)
_3I_E_Q Y PH a R OP TaLEGRAM ,
Prom 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 to Secretary of State for India
Dated Bahrain, 24th April, 1938o
Receired 24th April, 1938, 11-50 a.nu
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IMPORTANT
T/109 * For Fowle from Weightmano Please see
Gibson’s telegram No.796, 23rd April, Holmeso Possibilities
are so disturbing that I am bound to point out to you that
permission to Holmes to come to Bahrain after Sklircs’s
disclosures to him ( vide my printed letter Co 235 dated 11th
April) will be advertised by him as evidence of his ability to
overcome government representatives in the Gulf, which he
prophesied weeks ago, J:ou know how such stories fly round and
eifect on Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. may be deplorable* Request you therefore
urge fuller consideration of paragraph No*2 and paragraph No 0 3
of your telegram Noo274-T dated 3rd December, 1937,
Following may also eiiect (sic) decision* I am informed
unofficially that Bahrain Government intend themselves to divide
unallotted portion cf their territories, offering one to
Petroleum Concessions Ltd, and the other to Bahrain Petroleum
Company, on reasonable terms* There will thus be no scope for
negotiators of Holmes type*

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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)
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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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