Coll 30/140 'Visits of foreign warships to Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms.' [‎19r] (37/321)

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The file concerns visits by foreign warships to Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. states that were under British protection. The British Government was concerned that such visits should obtain prior permission, particularly visits to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in the 1930s, where British officials cited the Exclusive Agreement of March 1892, and the 'primitive conditions' to be found on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at that time (folio 128).

The file contains correspondence from 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 Foreign Office, and other British officials; intelligence reports; and correspondence with the governments of France and the United States of America.

The file covers: visit of the French warship Bougainville to Bahrain, Kuwait and Ras al Khaimah in 1935; visit of the French warship d'Iberville to Bahrain, Kuwait and Aden in 1937; the cancellation of a visit by the d'Iberville to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in 1939; visits of US warships (including USS Toledo , USS Hyman , and the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge ) to the region in 1947-48; and the question of national salutes.

The French language content of the file consists of approximately five folios of diplomatic correspondence (untranslated).

There are no papers in the file dated 1940-45.

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 (160 folios)

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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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 161; 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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English and French in Latin script

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