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Coll 30/160(S) 'C.I.D. Sub Committee for questions concerning Middle East: Measures to influence minor powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of value in time of war.' [‎30r] (59/679)

The record is made up of 1 file (338 folios). It was created in 8 Apr 1938-18 Feb 1942. 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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MI2TUTB BY MR.BECKETT.
The question of what regulations must he put in force
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sheikhdoms to safeguard British interests
there in war time is a question to he decided primarily and
in the first place hy Political and Service Departments and
is not a question for a Legal Adviser. It depends upon what
are the special British interests there which would require
protection, the dangers against which they should he
protected and what is the hest way of dealing with them.
Therefore it seems to me that the next action to he taken is
for 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. , while Sir T.C.Fowle is still in England,
to call* a meeting to consider the question at which
representatives of the Service Departments and the Eastern
Department of the Foreign Office and perhaps Mr.Orchard should
he invited to he represented or to attend.
2. There are, however, a certain number of points raised
in Sir T.C.Fowle's memorandum on which perhaps I can say
something useful now.
3. In paragraph 5 of his memorandum, Sir T.C.Fowle
raises , rightly I think, wha.t must he a preliminary question
for the consideration of the whole of this matter, namely,
are we to consider these Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sheikhdoms as neutral
territories in a war in which His Majesty is engaged or being
involved in the war as part of the British Empire ? In
dealing with this question Muscat must he separated from the
others and dealt with later. As these principalities are
British protected States enjoying no foreign relations with
any other country and stand upon much the same footing as the
Malay States or Zanzibar, the natural conclusion would he that
in case of war they will he involved in the same manner as
other/

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The file contains papers relating to the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions concerning the Middle East. The Sub-Committee had been charged by the Committee of Imperial Defence to 'investigate and report on the measures which might be taken, either before or on the outbreak of war, to influence those Minor Powers and Arab States whose assistance or even benevolent neutrality might be of value to us in time of war' (folio 77). The work of the Sub-Committee focussed on Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , Saudi Arabia, the Yemen, and the Arab States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the papers contain reports and discussions of British policy in relation to all those countries.

The papers contain memoranda drawn up by the Foreign Office, 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. , the War Office, and other British Government departments, and by British representatives in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Aden, etc. for submission to the Sub-Committee; agenda and minutes of meetings of the Sub-Committee; reports of the Sub-Committee; and 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. minutes.

The Arab shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Muscat were said 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. to be of importance to the British Government because of their situation on the air route to India, and in their significance as actual and potential sources for the supply of oil (folio 285); folio 327, folios 285-289, folio 98, and folios 4-44 relate particularly to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (338 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 339; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 30/160(S) 'C.I.D. Sub Committee for questions concerning Middle East: Measures to influence minor powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of value in time of war.' [‎30r] (59/679), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3896A, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054919620.0x00003e> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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