Author
normal mail
Publication Date
26 Feb 1941-29 Nov 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
156
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/713
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x00006a
Library Location
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.
Date
26 Feb 1941-29 Nov 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file’s papers relate to the appointment and activities of the Security Officer (initially referred to as a Staff Officer Intelligence) in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The principal correspondents in the file are the Security Officer at Bahrain (Captain C G Campbell) and 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.
at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham).
The file includes:
correspondence dated early 1941 relating to the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel G W Manson as Staff Officer Intelligence at Bahrain, including details of his background, movements and tasks, and correspondence relating to secret questionnaires to be despatched to various places around the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, which are too sensitive to be sent by normal mail (ff 3-4);
copies of correspondence and directives, dated from 1943, issued by PAIFORCE [Persia and Iraq Force], relating to the post of Security Control Officer responsible for the sea and air ports of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, with details of the role’s remit, responsibilities and duties (ff 20-21, ff 26-30, ff 92-94);
copies of various reports prepared by the Security Officer, issued from January 1944 on a fortnightly basis, and covering: a) port security (including security ID discs for port labourers, details of the departure and arrival of dhows; ff 35-37 onwards); b) security of oil installations (including assessments of security checkpoints, security precautions, storage of explosives, reports of suspected incidents of sabotage, employee morale, including reports of strikes, trade unionism, suspected subversive activities, and occasional ‘test periods of tension’; ff 41-48 onwards);
PAIFORCE instructions for the anti-locust campaign in Saudi Arabia, 1943-44, dated 20 April 1944 (ff 89-90), and the later cancellation of the instructions in July 1944 (f 114);
an application for work from Abdul Aziz Shamlan, dated 20 September 1944, an interpreter, with references enclosed from the Defence Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(Major H T Hewitt) and staff at the Office of the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain, and a letter from 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.
to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, asking for information on Shamlan (ff 121-126);
a letter from the Security Officer, Bahrain, to 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.
, dated 23 November 1944, announcing that orders have been received for the permanent closure of the Security Office from 6pm that day (f 146).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 150-155) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files: 28/22 I
