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Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings' [26r] (53/813)
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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introduced for the purpose. If the Governor of India
can carry on until 1st April, I should have thought
that you might have made 1st April the operative date.
A similar point arises under (b) where I suggest
you omit the words ’'earliest convenient date not later ,y
+ Vi a -in M
At this point I should like to see inserted an
additional recommendation (c) as follows
'The Foreign Office should, however, 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 £he administrative machinery in the
Foreign Office oouXch be adapted to take over this task
with efficiency. Effort should be made to effect the
change by 1st April, 1948."
After your last recommendation, which would be
numbered (d) I should like to insert - At,
"These negotiations would cover settlement with
India for H.M.G.’s interest in the buildings in Persia
erected in part at the cost of Imperial Funds."
In para. 7 at the end I should like to insert -
"Financial authority for any such programme of
works would, of course, be sought from the Treasury".
I am afraid that I still think that the Paper
should include some reference to the cost of these
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Services. I suggest the final para, to
read -
"The cost of the existing establishments and
services in this area is at present of the order of
£103*000. 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,
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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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