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Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency' [‎71r] (141/737)

The record is made up of 1 file (367 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 1946-13 Aug 1949. 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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naval buildings. Mr. V/ood (Treasury) gave it as his
opinion that if in the process of constructing the new
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. it should prove necessary to provide
temporary accommodation for the Navy in order that they
might suffer no diminution of facilities the cost should
be bom. on the Commonwealth Relations Office rather than
on the Admiralty vote. It was felt that any buildings
which might have to be removed should, as far as
possible, be those semi-permanent structures whose
replacement would have to be considered in any case. It
was agreed : -
(a) 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. , the Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Ministry of */ 0 rks Surveyor
who was to visit BAHREIN in October should
discuss the proposals on the spot in order to
arrive at an agreed solution about the siting
of the New Residenc^la ftoaordoin o*" with which
the Navy would suffer no reduction in the shore
facilities hitherto available to them at the base.
The conclusions reached should be taken into
account by the Ministry of Works' Architect
in Cairo who would then submit definite proposals
for the lay-out of the New 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. , oa the sit«-
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The file concerns the transfer 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. from Bushire to Bahrain in 1946, and the conversion of the Royal Navy Base in Bahrain for the use of 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. .

The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including 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. , Admiralty, 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 Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Secretary of State for India, HM Treasury, the Public Works Department of the Government of India, the Ministry of Works, the Commonwealth Relations Office.

The correspondence relates specifically to the following:

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1 file (367 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 368; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-368; these numbers are also written in pencil, but the majority are not circled, where these have previously been circled they have been crossed through.

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