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Coll 30/167 'Lights and Buoys: Bahrein:- Buoying of approaches on behalf of Bahrein Petroleum Co.' [280r] (559/563)
The record is made up of 1 file (280 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1933-6 Jun 1946. 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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Coniidentlal
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Department.
P.Z.
7760
1933
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MaTETT
[N.B. This it an (J11IGINA.L message sent by AIH MAIL which provides a meant of communication more
expeditions than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended tb be treated,
on receipt, with the same expedition as ij it had been telegraphed. To sane time and to obviate
formalities it it drajted in the form of a telegram. It it authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department^
V V
No.
To
m / 17 9 qt iQ3S of the Jrolitical Resident
ox 6 ‘-'Dated t }fcn the a. ersian -rulf, ft,
Xevjjtin— Gamp, Bahrain,
20th Novsmher 1933.
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From -
To
Repeated
Reference
Resident, at Bahrain.
Foreign, New Delhi.
l/
uetaxandum, London.
Navycom. R.M.3."Hawkins , *,3ast Indies
Senior Naval Ofiicer >
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Political, Bahrain.
I enclose herewith copy of a let ter dated
the 18th November 1933 from Mr.Skinner, Chief Local
Representative, The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited,
and would he glad to be informed hy telegram as to
whether ^.Skinner*s requests can he granted.
(Sd.) T.C.Fowle,
Lieut.-Colonel,
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 Gull
AXPS-jl-ai),
for Secretary to the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
(Signature)
s. 44.
( Designation)
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The file concerns the agreement of the British Government to assist the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) with the lighting and buoying of the channel to the east of Muharraq Island, Bahrain. The channel was to be used by the company's tankers, and led to the end of the submarine pipeline from the company's oil terminal at Sitrah Island. 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. agreed to the request from the company both in the interests of maintaining good relations with BAPCO, and to help improve navigational facilities at Bahrain (folios 274-276).
The papers cover: 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. correspondence and memoranda; three maps supplied by the company; minutes of meetings at 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. with BAPCO representatives; correspondence from BAPCO; correspondence from the Admiralty; details of the proposed buoys; the nationality of BAPCO personnel (e.g. folio 242); the presence of a large party of BAPCO personnel involved in construction of the company's pipeline on the tank ship El Segundo ; the question of passports, visas and seamen's certificates for the personnel aboard the El Segundo ; the supply of buoys by the British; the stationing of a lightship in the channel; payment by BAPCO for the cost of the buoys and their maintenance; note of damage to a United States Navy tanker in 1946 (folio 5).
Most of the correspondence is dated 1933-37; there are no papers in the file dated 1938-1945; there is only one item of correspondence dated 1946.
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 (280 folios)
- Arrangement
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 281; 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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- Title
- Coll 30/167 'Lights and Buoys: Bahrein:- Buoying of approaches on behalf of Bahrein Petroleum Co.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 10r:10v, 16r:17v, 21r:21v, 23r:24v, 26r:28v, 30r:31v, 33r:36v, 40r:41v, 43r:49v, 52r:58v, 60r:64v, 68r:68v, 71r:71v, 73r:75v, 77r:83v, 85r:86v, 89r:90v, 93r:97v, 99r:103v, 106r:108v, 112r:118v, 120r:122v, 125r:133v, 135r:136v, 138r:139v, 142r:146v, 148r:148v, 150r:153v, 156r:158v, 160r:160v, 162r:163v, 165r:170v, 172r:178v, 180r:185v, 187r:187v, 189r:205v, 207r:213v, 215r:215v, 219r:224v, 226r:239v, 241r:245v, 249r:257v, 262r:276v, 279r:280v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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