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Coll 27/21(1) 'Passports. For employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf' [273v] (549/941)
The record is made up of 1 file (463 folios). It was created in 15 May 1945-6 Apr 1948. 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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TELEGRAMS ACCEPTED FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
(except for the following European Countries: Belgium, Luxemburg, Danzig, Denmark, Esthonla, Finland,
Germany, Holland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden)
AND FOR SHIPS AT SEA, AT THE COMPANY’S BRANCHES:—
»METropolltan 6666
LONDON.
CENTRAL TELEGRAPH STATION : (Always Open).
TOWER CHAMBERS, MOORGATE, E.C.2.
Telegraphic Address : “ Signally, Phone, LONDON.”
Telephone Numbers: METropoUtan|^^ the despatch of tels-
grams only)
Telex Number : METropolitan 0133 (4 lines).
BRANCH OFF ICES :— Telephone Numbers.
The Baltic Exchange, Bury Street, E.C.3 ...-^
18, Old Broad Street, E.C.2
22, Leadenhall Street, E.C.3
Cereal House, 58, Mark Lane, E.C.3
24, Royal Exchange, E.C.3
The Fruit Exchange, Spitalflelds Market, E.l
Candlewick House, 116/126, Cannon Street, E.C.4
Shorters Court, Throgmorton Street, E.C.2
3-5, Charterhouse Street, E.C.l
3, Borough High Street, S.E.l
Electra House, Victoria Embankment. W.C.2
41 & 42, Parliament Street, S.W'.l
Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Main Office, 43,
Berkeley Street, W.l ...
Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, W.l
20, Swallow Street, W.l
35, Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.2 ...
Golden Cross House, Charing Cross, Strand,
W.C.2
Thames House, Millbank, S.W.l ...
The Adelphi, John Street, Strand, W.C.2
And the District Messenger Company’s Offices.
LONdon Wall 4SII
4755
0818
1353
2441
HOLborn
HOP
TEMple Bar
WHltehall
MAYfair
AMBassador
REGent
TEMple Bar
WHltehall
Victoria
TEMple Bar
4587
1234
6244
1353
3696
7871
1353
PRO VINCES
Lombard House, 142, Great
Telephone Numbers.
8321
Central
Bradford
Dundee
Edinburgh
City
Central
Leeds
Leith
Birmingham 3 :
Charles Street
Bradford : 4, Commercial Street
Dundee : 46 and 50, Bell Street
Edinburgh : 42, George Street (rear block) ...
Glasgow C.l : 40, Royal Exchange Square
Hull: 76, Lowgate
Leeds 1 : King Street Chambers, 52, Wellington
Street
Leith : 64, Constitution Street
Liverpool 2 : India Buildings, Brunswick Street)
,, The Cotton Exchange \ Bank
,, The Fruit Exchange
Manchester 2 : 55, Spring Gardens
Newcastle: 31, Mosley Street
,, Princes Buildings, 1, Queen Street
Porthcurno (Cornwall) St. Buryan
Sheffield 3 : 50, The Wicker Sheffield
Southampton: South Western Chambers, 1,
Canute Road ... ... ... ... ... Southampton 66144
And at the Company’s Wireless Stations at Bodmin, Brentwood,
Bridgwater, Dorchester, Ongar, Skegness, Somerton and
Tetney.
NORTHERN IRELAND-
Imperial House, 9, Donegal! Square East, Belfast ... Belfast 27438
Central
Newcastle
4007
2108
28068
7761
35811
21818
38787
5028
3223
22321
206
20283
BIRMINGHAM :
Central Telex 7370.
LEITH :
Telex 36054.
TELEX NUMBERS IN PROVINCES:
LIVERPOOL: MANCHESTER :
Bank Telex 4012.
Central Telex 5800.
NEWCASTLE:
Telex 23033.
SHEFFIELD t
Telex 23040.
It is recommended that telegrams be handed direct to the Company’s Branches as above. Receipts are given gratis for the amount charged.
Telegrams for this Company's system are also received at all Postal Telegraph Offices, but should be marked
“ VIA IMPERIAL CABLE ” if intended for transmission by cable, or
•• VIA IMPERIAL WIRELESS ” if intended for transmission by wireless. This indication is not Charged (or.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESSES REGISTERED FREE OF COST.
Books of Telegram Forms, Tariffs, Rules, etc., can be obtained at the Head Offices of the Company, or at any of the above-named Branches.
EIRE. (IRELAND).
DUBLIN : 67, Middle Abbey Street (Enquiry Office only) ... Telephone No. : Dublin 44995.
HEAD Office OF THE COMPAHYELECTRA HOUSE, VICTORIA EMBANKMEHT, LONDOH, W.C.2.
Telegraphic Address: EMPIREGRAM ESTRAND. Telephone : TEMple Bar 1222.
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The file contains correspondence mainly relating to visas for countries in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for employees and wives of employees of oil companies, mostly the Kuwait Oil Company, Limited (for Kuwait), but also other oil companies including: the Iraq Petroleum Company, Limited (for Bahrain and Qatar); the Standard Oil Company (for Kuwait and Oman); the Bahrain Petroleum Company (for Bahrain); the Superior Oil Company (for Kuwait); and Petroleum Concessions Limited (for Bahrein and Qatar). It also includes correspondence concerning visas for Bahrain for employees of the British Overseas Airways Corporation.
The correspondence is largely between 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. (and the Commonwealth Relations Office after the abolition of 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. in 1947) and the following: the (Foreign Office) Passport Control Department; the Kuwait Oil Company, Limited; 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. ; the Iraq Petroleum Company, Limited; 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. , Bahrain; and the Bahrein Petroleum Company, Limited.
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 (463 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 469; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3384
- Title
- Coll 27/21(1) 'Passports. For employees of oil companies proceeding to the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 469Ar, 2r:6v, 9r:17v, 19r:21v, 23r:30v, 32r:39v, 40v, 41v, 42v:49v, 51r:53v, 55r:57v, 59r:61v, 63r:67v, 69r:71v, 73r:73v, 75r:77v, 79r:83v, 85r:88v, 90r:96v, 98r:100v, 102r:105v, 107r:109v, 111r:114v, 116v, 117v:120v, 123r:124v, 126r:129v, 131r:134v, 136r:136v, 138r:139v, 142r:144v, 146r:146v, 148r:149v, 152r:152v, 154r:178v, 181r:185v, 188r:189v, 191r:193v, 195r:197v, 199r:205v, 208r:209v, 211r:213v, 216r:221v, 224r:226v, 229r:231v, 233r:233v, 235r:239v, 241r:245v, 247r:249v, 252r:255v, 257r:257v, 258Ar, 258Av, 258r:264v, 266r:270v, 272r:278v, 280r:283v, 285r:288v, 290r:294v, 296r:298v, 300r:303v, 305r:313v, 315r:335v, 340r:353v, 355r:363v, 365r:380v, 382r:384v, 386r:387v, 389r:392v, 394r:395v, 397r:404v, 406r:410v, 412r:414v, 416r:423v, 425r:429v, 431r:432v, 434r:438v, 440r:444v, 447r:454v, 456r:456v, 458r:463v, 465r:466v, 468r:468v, back-i, back
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