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Coll 30/160 Pt II(S) 'C.I.D. Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Measures to influence Minor Powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of Value in time of war. (Bushire Secret-Service Grant)' [‎11v] (22/50)

The record is made up of 1 file (23 folios). It was created in 4 Dec 1945-15 Jul 1947. 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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4* The Foreign Office view on this is that since it
has recently been de J * ■* ^ x ’ ■ * ' '' ’ “ ' ’
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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. shall be confined to fehe Arab side
Political Reside
Arab side
of the-^uPf—{t^-Rea44#acy- is new-beiTi^~transferred to
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Bahrein) any expenditure which nay find necessary to
incur in regard to South Persia will only be for the purpose
of obtaining information to assist him in his duties On the
Arab Sheikhdoms.
5.
It should be explained that for such purposes as
obtaining information regarding piracy, smuggling and slave traffic
the two sides of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. are closely connected. The
kind of case which might arise might be one of suspected
slave traffic from Persian Baluchistan to one of the Trucial
Sheikhdoms^' £n order to stop such a traffic it might well ^ \ . |
necessary for 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. to take steps to secure
information in Persian Baluchistan as well as on the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . we therefore think that the authority to spend
a certain proportion of the grant on the Persian Coast is
essential for 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. even when his main activities
sire on the Arab side.
6. We should accordingly be glad to know whether the Treasury
the provision of iriiii mi nf up to Rs.32,500 in the
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. Secret Service Grant for the year 1946-7, the expenditure
to be classified as Especial consular and ackninistrative expenditure
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. #, the incidence of which between H.M.G. and the
The general question of
the division of expenditure in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. will
i. X
have to be reconsidered before long in connection with the
constitutional developments in India and meanwhile it seems best,
as the Government of India suggest, that the incidence of this item
Mr,
should be left for later settlement. /I am sending a copy of this
letter to Baxter/ Foreign Office.
(S(4) E. f. DONALDS

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The file contains correspondence 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. , the Government of India External Affairs Department, HM Treasury, and the Foreign Office concerning the level of the secret service grant 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. for 1946-47.

The grant had been paid by the Government of India during the Second World War, and had been set at Rs. 50,000 annually. According to 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 grant was spent 'not only in obtaining information regarding piracy, smuggling, disaffection etc but in presents to those who have helped us or are likely to be of use to us' (folio 16). The papers show that the grant for 1946-47 was eventually set at Rs. 32,500.

There are no papers in the file directly relating to the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions concerning the Middle East.

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 (23 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 25; 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 Pt II(S) 'C.I.D. Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Measures to influence Minor Powers & Arab States whose assistance might be of Value in time of war. (Bushire Secret-Service Grant)' [‎11v] (22/50), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3896B, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100061664837.0x000017> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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