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File 2794/1921 Pt 8 'Persian Gulf: oil; Bahrain: Installation of radio-telephone by Bahrain Petroleum Company' [‎204v] (292/436)

The record is made up of 1 item (216 folios). It was created in 1933-1934. 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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2262 5000 11.33
at tnis stage
Draft Paper.
political Department.
DRjj.?T LLTTCR.
7 U*
Gaptain Lawson,
Imperial & International!
Communications Ltd.
Electra House,
Victoria
Embankment
Dear Captain Lawson,
In continuation of previous
correspondence, I write to say that
the Bahrein Petroleum Company have
now enquired whether there would he
W.C.L. any objection to theijr.tank ship
“El Segunao"^communicating airect
/or
d. 9 »»' ,w
ENCLOSURE IN WEEKLY i ^ TT r P
No - tl. 15 iAIt 1934
from SECRETARY, PCli i iu
SECRET DEPT.
‘i
DOPY SENT BY AIR MAUL
af yf}/^ &
with San Francisco by wireless while
lying at anchor three miles east of
Sitra Island, ana whether there woula
be any objection to other tank ships
c conimunicatihg with 'San Francisco'
while lying at anchor at Bahrein.
We understand from the Company that
the permitted wavelengths unaer
licence issued by the U.3. Government
under tne rules of the International
Wireless Convention are 18, 84, 36, 48
ana b4, but that the "El Segundo"
would use the first three, namely
18, 34 and 36, only. Other details
supplied by tne Company in connection
with the wireless set of the "El
Segunao" are the following;
Kilocycles 5500 to 33,000;
Power 100 watts.
P
emission a l or A 3.
3. We are considering the Company's
application with the interested
departments, but I think you may care
to have the information given above

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This part (IOR/L/PS/10/999/2) consists of correspondence relating to the installation of radio-telephones by the Bahrain Petroleum Company and issues raised in connection with imperial communications.

Included are the publications of the Standard Oil Company of California: Standard Oil Bulletin, June 1933 (ff 82-91); Standard Oil Bulletin, July 1930 (ff 92-101); Standard Oil Bulletin, December 1929 (ff 102-111).

Correspondents include the Committee of Imperial Defence's Imperial Communications Committee; the Chief Local Representative, Bahrein Petroleum Company; 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 (Gordon Percy Loch); and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave).

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File 2794/1921 Pt 8 'Persian Gulf: oil; Bahrain: Installation of radio-telephone by Bahrain Petroleum Company' [‎204v] (292/436), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/999/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100108962640.0x00000e> [accessed 21 August 2026]

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