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Pol Ext 8579/49 'Declassification of maps of Muscat: request from Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain' [7r] (14/17)
The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1949-24 Nov 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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1.
P.O. letter E. 12335/1985/91 2 November, with end.
Mr. Crook;
Neither Record Dept, no*'I can find any records
regarding the issue of these maps.
11.11
Miss Emery
Please see paper 1 and enclosures. We have
not been able to find any trace of records shoeing
the circumstances under which the maps were produced,
which is not really surprising, as they were
prepared under the direction of the Surveyor-General
for India. I suppose the correct procedure would
be to refer them to the Government of India for ’fete
agreement to declassification, but the circumstances
do not appear to me to justify this course. The
necessity that, at the time when they were prepared,
the maps should be classified as ’’secret and for
official use only” can only have depended on the
personal opinion of the officer responsible, and was
doubtless related to circumstances applicable at
that time. There seems to me to be nothing at all
secret in the maps in relation to present day
circumstances and I suggest that we ourselves
therefore take the responsibility for their use* as
suggested 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.
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This file contains correspondence relating to the declassification of maps detailing Muscat, created by the Government of India, which were requested by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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 Bahrain . The main correspondents are the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Foreign Office.
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- 1 file (6 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8, 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1427
- Title
- Pol Ext 8579/49 'Declassification of maps of Muscat: request from Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain'
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:7v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence