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Coll 29/2(2) 'Transfer of Bushire Residency to Bahrain: selection of site and construction of buildings' [‎224r] (449/813)

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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Since you spoke to me the other day about the
location of the headquarters of 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. i have carefully considered the points
raised in your letter of the 4th May.
in commenting on them, I should like to deal first
with the political point raised in your sixth paragraph.
Obviously it is not impossible that we might safely reach
the autumn without having had any trouble over the presence
of 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. at Bushire. it is surely
equally obvious that there is a risk of such trouble
arising, for we certainly cannot exclude the possibility
that an agitation against the exercise by the Consul-General
at Bushire of administrative functions on the Arab side
of the G^lf might be raised either separately or as part
of a campaign to discredit us if the Persians were to
decide to press their claim to Bahrein, it was in view
of these possibilities that the poreign secretary
suggested in the paper which he submitted to the cabinet
that it would be much better to remove the political
Resident from Bushire immediately in order that our
diplomatic position should not be impaired by the
existence of this weak spot, it should not be overlooked
that the Russians are conducting an all-out offensive
against us in the Middle East and it is surprising that
they have not already seized upon the anomalous position
of the Resident at Bushire to make trouble for us directly
or through their Persian stooges. Mr. Bevies view,
which we consider that the cabinet decision has endorsed,
was that the appropriate time to make the necessary
changes was immediately after the withdrawal of our troops
from Persia, when our Treaty of Alliance with Persia came
to an end and the Persians became, as far as we were
concerned, masters in their own house.
The/
Sir David Monteath, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

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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:

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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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