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Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings' [23r] (47/813)
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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{c) the Foreign, Office should, howe\er, take over from 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.
full responsibility for these posts as soon
as the administrative machinery in the Foreign Office can
be adapted to take over this task with efficiency. amM
^f -l ort should be made to effect the change by 1st April,®
1943.
(d) the Secretary of State for India should now be invited ,
tj negotiate with the Government of India for the
transfer to the direct control of on terms to be!
agreed with the Treasury, of the services of the necessary
personnel and of the buildings and facilities required f
for tue service. These negotiations would cover
settlement with India for H.L.G.'a interest in the
buildings in lersia erected in part at the. cost of
Imperial iunds.
.
/. I commend these proposals to ny colleagues for their
approval, and would only a dd that, if they are agreed, I shall
also need authority to proceed at once with plans for the
construction of a 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.
(comprising both office and
living accommodation) to house the Resident and his staff, who j
are at present occupying temporary quarters, adapted from existing
ouildings, in the Kaval -jase at Jufair. This building programme
wixi, I fear, have to be undertaken entirely at the expense of U.K.
funds, since, with the elimination of the Government of India from
a snare in the control, the contribution from Indian revenues which
it nad been hoped to secure can no longer be expected. Financial
autnonty for any such programme of works would, of course be
sought from the Treasury.
ThS C ° st 01 tne exist ^ng establishments and services in this
area is at present of the order of £100,000 a year. The scale of
expenditure will be subject to reconsideration in view of the
elimination of the Government of India's interest. On the other
hand, heavy capital, expenditure will have to be faced in the
/provision
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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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