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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [‎318r] (635/818)

The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 27 May 1929-8 Aug 1939. 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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Please see previous submission on P. 6796/29
below. The Foreigi Office, Colonial Office and Air
Ministry concur in the course of action approved on that
paper. Ihe Air Ministry have, however, raised a minor
question in connection with the methods of transportatior
of the Resident.
The statements in the Air Ministry letter
are not historically quite correct on this point. The
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relevant recommendation of tiie Warren Fisher Committee
runs as follows - paragraph 12:-
"Further, we think that the Resident, Persian
Gulf, should be encouraged to make use of such
facilities as the Air Officer Commanding in Iraq can
make available for his transportation by air on his
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visits to the Arabian littoral."
This in fact represents a compromise. 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.
representatives on the Committee had recommended that
the Report on this point should run as follows:-
"We suggest, indeed, that he should normally
move by air, and that the Air Ministry should arrange
accordingly."
The Air Ministry were not prepared to accept this
suggestion, on the ground that they had not, and could
not for some considerable time hope to have, sufficient
aeroplanes in *hich to transport the Resident.
3 The Admiralty, who are seriously concerned at
the Air Ministry suggestion, which they regard as the
thin end of the wedge in an endeavour to oust the Navy
from the Gulf, have let me see privately certain
correspondence which has passed between them and the
Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, and the Senior

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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British Government policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Specifically, this includes discussions concerning the possibility of appointing an Assistant 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. to the region, incorporating it into civil air routes and whether or not Britain should take more formal control of the area. The correspondence is primarily between officials at 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 Bushire, the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, 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 Air Ministry and the Foreign Office.

In addition to correspondence, the file also contains the following:

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

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1 file (407 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 inside back cover with 409; these numbers are written in pencil 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 1-382; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [‎318r] (635/818), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3747, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057172201.0x000024> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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