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Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings' [17r] (35/813)
The record is made up of 1 file (402 folios). It was created in 17 Aug 1937-31 Dec 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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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1
16th December, 1946
/^E 11504/11219/91)
I am sorry we have been so long in answering your
letter of 23rd November about taking over the
administrative and political control of relations with
the Arab States of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
2. We feel strongly that both these functions should
pass as soon as possible to the Foreign Office, and in
this letter we assume that such a decision is reached.
3* Turning from principle to practice, as you know
we are unable at present to undertake the control of
the Gulf posts and we are grateful to the
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.
for expressing willingness to assume that responsibility
for the time being. We are sure that the transitional
stage of control by the
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.
will be of
advantage, not only to the officers and subordinate
staffs of the Gulf posts, but also be of value in
assuring efficiency there in future. If the people
now in the Gulf were to come immediately under direct
Foreign Office control it is possible that their claims
to compensation for premature termination of services
may be prejudiced. Some of them might not be prepared
to take that risk, and so ask for transfers elsewhere,
creating vacancies.difficult to fill. On the other
hand, if the administration is left in the hands of the
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.
, time is afforded to the staff concerned
for them to ascertain their compensation terms and
consider their future in the light of that knowledge.
Such a plan would also enable the Foreign Office to
enlarge its field of choice to include officers with
experience of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
now serving in India,
/who
Sir William Croft, K.B.E
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.
.
C • I * E • , C.V.O. ,
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The file concerns the transfer of the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Bushire to Bahrain.
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including Central Public Works Department (A Croad), 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. officials (John Charles Walton, R Peel, E P Donaldson), Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick Pethick Lawrence), External Affairs Department of the Government of India (W R Hay, Aubrey Metcalfe), 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. (Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Office (C W Baxter, George William Rendel, Ernest Bevin, Orme Sargent, J T Henderson), 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 Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), HM Treasury, the British Ministry at Tehran (Reader William Bullard), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Colonial Office.
The correspondence relates specifically to the following:
- discussion on the design of the new 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. building at Bahrain
- proposed 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. site on Muharraq Island
- views against the transfer from HM Ministry at Tehran 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. , Foreign Office's decision to go ahead
- Treaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and Iran (ff 302-304)
- withdrawal from Bushire
- administration of the Arab states in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (402 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 foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 406; 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 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:301v, 305r:406r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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