File 815/1917 Pt 12 ‘Persian Gulf: Resident’s Despatch Vessel Arrangements for transporting the Resident.’ [150r] (93/905)
The record is made up of 1 item (452 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1926-3 Nov 1933. 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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m 1000 5.32
programme/
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Draft Paper.
Department,
placed on a more formal basis, and
that sanction should officially be
given with your approval to the
Resident to ask for transport on one
of H.M.'j ships stationed in the Persian
Gulf when necessary. In making this
request I do not for a moment suggest
that the Resident has had any difficulty |
with the S.N.O. hitherto: on the
contrary Sir Hugh Biscoe and the
Government of India both made it clear
that all the Resident’s requests nad
been met with the greatest courtesy |
and goodwill by the S.N.O. But you
will, I am sure, agree with me that
the situation is not altogether easy
and that a change of personalities
might make it more difficult. We feel ||
that it ought to be possible with |
mutual consultation locally for the
]
S.N.O. to meet the requirements 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.
without unduly |
interfering with the normal programme
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of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division*, and the
case would really» I think, be met if
it was possible for the Admiralty to
inform the S.N.O. that, so far as the
exigencies of the service peimit, one | |M|
of the most important duties devolving
on the ships of his Division was the
political transport of the Resident^
and that he should, in drawing up his
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This part contains papers relating to the provision of a despatch vessel for 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. , to transport him on his regular tours of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and his occasional visits to places on the Arabian coast in order to deal with events as they arise.
It includes papers relating to the following:
- The proposal 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Government of India that the steam ship Patrick Stewart should be hired from the Indo-European Telegraph Department 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. for his normal touring periods
- The Government of India’s proposal that the Colonial Office should be asked to contribute towards the cost of hiring the Patrick Stewart
- The question of what arrangements would be made for the Resident’s tours in the Gulf following the transfer of the Patrick Stewart from the Indo-European Telegraph Department to the Communications Company (Imperial and International Communications Limited)
- The proposed purchase of the Patrick Stewart by the Government of India
- The Government of India’s position that owing to the need for financial stringency they were unable to purchase the Patrick Stewart or any other vessel 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. as a despatch vessel
- The Admiralty being unable to agree to the suggestion that HMS Triad might be borrowed occasionally 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.
- The Admiralty agreeing to 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. proposal to place on a formal basis the hitherto informal arrangements for making sloops available, through the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , for the transport of the Resident.
The papers mostly consist of correspondence and 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. Political Department minute papers.
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 Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; 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 India Store Department of the Office of the High Commissioner for India; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; Imperial and International Communications Limited; and the Agents of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, Bombay.
The papers also include a photograph of the steam ship Patrick Stewart (folio 530A).
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- File 815/1917 Pt 12 ‘Persian Gulf: Resident’s Despatch Vessel Arrangements for transporting the Resident.’
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- 104r:130v, 132r:195v, 198r:210v, 211v, 212v:213v, 214v:215v, 216v, 217v, 218v, 222r:225v, 228r:230v, 232r:246v, 248r:282v, 284r:295v, 296v, 297v:300v, 302r:313v, 315r:315v, 317r:321v, 324r:327v, 329r:349v, 352r:357v, 359r:491v, 493r:525v, 528r:530r, 530av, 530v:555v
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