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Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency' [335r] (669/737)
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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There is one point outstanding about
accommodation at the iiaval Base. liiarly
in July the Bemor Naval Officer informed
4
me that Gable Sc Wireless ntd. were dis-
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cussing with the Admiralty the taking over
of the wireless transmitting station (which
Is near the (iolf Course outside the limits
of the Base; and that until a decision was
arrived at the buildings m the station
compound should be regarded as reserved
for naval use. i wired to the India
E ice about this but have received no
cJL~
hc-ial reply. My last telegram is
No. 1/348 of the 9th July, copy attached
lor ready reference. There are 3 buildings
suitable for married, quarters in the station
compound and if v/e are not allowed to have
these i do not know how we are going to
fit our st^ff in. if the point has not
been settled satisfactorily before i'.3.
reaches .London I shall be grateful ii he will
On the issue raised in Col. Hay* s note of
20th July, 1 %j 6, above, 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.
are doing
their best I understand to chase the Admiralty and /£
get a settlement, and perhaps sane one here will
be good enough to let Col. Hay knew the result by
telegram.
On the issue raised in his d.o. letter, C/529
of the 24th July, attached, I take it that the India
Office will follow up the point in paragraph 2 in
regard to the R.A.P. land near the A.P.A.’s house.
As for the question of the building of a 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.
, I am afraid that the Government of India
can take no part in this, and it must be solely
for H.M.G. to decide v/hether any new construction
is to be undertaken or not. The necessity for
new construction wdaiAl largely disappear if a
perfectly clear-cut transfer of Admiralty property
to 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.
is achieved. It is obviously
impossible to maintain tise situation in which the
Admiralty/
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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:
- new buildings required at the Naval Base, including four architectural drawings (ff 359-361, f 285)
- conversion of Jufair Naval buildings as site for 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.
- wireless transmitting station
- list of building and works at the Naval Base taken over by 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 August 1946 (ff 304-319)
- estimate of costs
- plan of empty land situated at Qadhibia (outskirts of Manama), Harbour of Bahrain, which has been sold by the Government of Bahrain to the Government of Great Britain (f 208)
- air conditioning in 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. building
- regulations relating to the occupation of Embassy and Legation houses, the property of, or leased by, His Majesty's Government (ff 122-125)
- Ministry of Works report of visit to Bahrain and plans to build a 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. (ff 107-117)
- Admiralty's need to reoccupy buildings in the Naval base at Jufair.
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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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- Coll 29/2(3) 'Royal Naval Base Bahrain: transfer and adaptation for use as Political Residency'
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- front, front-i, 2r:207v, 209r:368v, back
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