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Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’ [‎40v] (81/191)

The record is made up of 1 file (92 folios). It was created in 4 May 1941-5 Jul 1943. 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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in danger of conscription if of Iranian
born parents).
(ii) Jews with a stake outside Iran of
whom potentially useful colonies briet
in lieshed and also in Basra, which would
& a convenient centre.
(g) The dispatch by the Government of India of specially
selected pilgrims to Meshed.
The Government of India have been asked for their
views.
2. Afghanistan .
Suggestions similar to, though less detailed than,
those in Foreign (ffice telegram $ 0.262 have been put
to the Government of India in 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. telegram Ho.
6668 of June 12th. This telegram expresses the view
that any opportunity offered by the Afghan Government
for introducing British subjects into the country should
be shized, and that this policy should not be limited by
considerations of expense orb,y the rigid restriction of our
economic activities to the ore? $ east oi^kabul - - andehar
line. Beference is made to:
ft*
(i) The question of ^employment by thO
Afghan Government of British road engineers
and * . f> \
(ii)The desirability of attempting to introduce
agents on the pretext of helping with
bridges on the Herat - Kandahar road.
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. telegram Ho.69B5 of 18th June passed on
to the Government'of India a suggestion made by the Middle
Fast Ministerial Committee that suitable British officers
with political or military experience in India or the
l iddle East r ight usefulh.be employed in the Bagdad Tjubassy
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The file contains papers mostly relating to British operations in Iraq in 1941. It includes papers concerning the need for suitable political and administrative officers to serve under the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the question of the employment of Bertram Thomas for political or intelligence duties in Iraq.

The papers largely consist of the following correspondence:

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1 file (92 folios)
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The papers are arranged in 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 inside back cover with 95; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-94; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’ [‎40v] (81/191), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2899, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048913748.0x000052> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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