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File 13/5 'Foreign Consular representation in Kuwait (and Persian Gulf)' [‎59r] (117/136)

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The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1933-25 Apr 1949. 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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TOP SECRET ( 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. classification)
P0L.FXT.630S/49
OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INDIA
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR INEI/i
EXTERNAL DEPARTMENT
INDIA HOUSE,ALBWYCH,
LONDON, W»C•£•
i^XT .68*4*10. February 8th, 1949,
To: The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations,
Commonwealth Relations Office,
Downing Street, London, S.W.l.
Subject:- Indian Re present ion in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Sir,
I am directed by the High Commissioner to invite
reference to correspondence resting with your letter
POL.EXT *17356/48 dated November 10 th, 1948, on the subject
of Indian representation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. area.
1. Bahrain and Kuwait
1. The Government of India, having given their most careful
consideration to the points raised in the letter under
reference, maintain that there would have been no departure
from precedence if India’s representatives were given the
right to deal directly with the respective Shaikhs in
continuation of the practice when the Political Agents,
appointed and controlled by the Government of India,
exercised this privilege. The Government of India, However,
do not wish to press this point in view of His Majesty’s
Governments’s assurance that the Indian Trade Agent in
Bahrain and the Indian Consul in Basra (in respect of
Kuwait), would be permitted to perform ell normal consular
functions and to work independently of Ris Majesty’s
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. . While therefore, the Government of India
agree to the stipulation that their officers will not have
direct access to the Rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait, they
trust that there will be no objection to their corresponding
direct with the appropriate departments of the Bahrain and
Kuwait Governments on matters of a routine nature.
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2. The Government of India would therefore, be grateful
if His Majesty’s Government would take the necessary
steps to approach the Ruler of Bahrain to obtain his
agreement to the establishment of an Indian Trade Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
there. His Majesty’s Government will, no doubt, explain
to the Ruler the scope of the Indian Trade Agent’s duties
viz., that he will exercise consular functions in respect
of Indian nationals and be charged with maintaining and
strengthening the friendly economic and commercial connexions
that have long existed between India and Bahrain. As has
already been agreed to by His Majesty’s Government, the
Indian Trade Agent at Bahrain will supervise Indian
interests/

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The file contains papers of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, relating to foreign consular representation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Papers dated November 1933 to February 1935 include:

Papers dated March 1948 to April 1949 consist of correspondence relating to Indian consular representation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file does not include papers for the period March 1935 to February 1948.

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1 file (68 folios)
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The papers are arranged in 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.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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