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Coll 30/192(3) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of Bahrein (a) Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Capt A.C. Byard. (b) Bahrein Defence Force – Recruitment from personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Company.’ [‎106r] (211/225)

The record is made up of 1 file (110 folios). It was created in 12 Jun 1939-24 May 1941. 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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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. ,
WHITEHALL,
S.W.l.
13th September, 1939.
I enclose a copy of a telegram from the Political
Agent, Bahrein (a copy of which you should already have
Dated 7th September. ) seen), arising out of the desire of certain
British employees of the Bahrein Petroleum Company to be
released from their employment in order to join His
Majesty’s armed forces. 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. asks for an
authoritative statement from His Majesty’s Government for
the guidance of the British personnel of the Company, and
requests immediate authority for the creation of a local
volunteer defence force.
2. With regard to the first of these two issues the
question has already been considered with reference to the
British employees of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (Foreign
Office despatch to Tehran, No.162, dated 6th June, T 6516/
311/378) and of the Anglo-Ecuadorian Oilfields and
Ecuador Oilfields (enclosures to Foreign Office letter of
the 8th June, No.T 6845/311/378) and on the basis of that
F.C.Starling, Esq.,
•petroleum Department,
Dean Stanley Street,
S .W. 1.
P.Z. 5552/39.
Urgent .
Secret .
Dear Starling,
correspondence/

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The file consists of two folders of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain: folder A ‘Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Captain A. C. Byard. “ ” Major H.T. Hewitt.’ ['Bahrein Defence Scheme. Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appointment of Captain A. C. Byard. Appointment of Major H.T. Hewitt.']; and folder B ‘Bahrein Defence Force. Recruitment from personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Company’.

Folder A contains papers concerning: the proposed employment, primarily at Bahrein [Bahrain], of an Indian Army adjutant and a non-commissioned officer Instructor under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. defence schemes; the decision to appoint Captain A C Byard to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Defence Force with the rank of Major, in preference to an officer from India, with effect from 13 June 1940; the appointment of Sergeant C E Carley of the The Lincolnshire Regiment as a non-commissioned officer Instructor to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Defence Force; and the replacement of Byard by Major H T Hewitt of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, with effect from April 1941.

Folder B ‘Bahrein Defence Force. Recruitment from personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Company’ contains papers mostly relating to arrangements for the protection of the Bahrein Petroleum Company’s properties in Bahrein from sabotage.

The main correspondents are as follows: 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 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; the Government of India External Affairs Department; the Government of India Defence Department; the Air Ministry; the Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq; and 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 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 (110 folios)
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The papers are arranged in two folders within the file, folder A and folder B. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of each folder.

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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 112; 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 30/192(3) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence of Bahrein (a) Employment of British officer & N.C.O. Instructor. Appt. of Capt A.C. Byard. (b) Bahrein Defence Force – Recruitment from personnel of Bahrein Petroleum Company.’ [‎106r] (211/225), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3932, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069906853.0x00000e> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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