‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’

Name: ‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Author: Air Officer Commanding, Iraq (correspondent) | Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)

İsim	‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’
Yazar	Air Officer Commanding, Iraq (correspondent) \| Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Basım Tarihi:	1938/1939
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Second World War (1939-1945) \| Defence \| Defence policy \| Merchant shipping \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	124
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 file (124 folios)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000af_ar \| 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000af_en \| IOR/R/15/2/762
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100000000241.0x0000af_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1938/1939
Notlar	The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); representatives of RAF Air Headquarters at Habbaniyah in Iraq (including Air Officer Commanding, Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Samuel Tyssen); various representatives of the Government of India and India Office.The file includes:a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the India Office, dated 18 January 1938 enclosing a ‘Note on the Defence of the Persian Gulf in the Event of a Major War’, which contains: the Resident’s assessments of the strategic importance of the Gulf; details of communications and the air route in the Gulf; hypothetical war situations (attacks, hostile countries); British interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial Coast and Muscat (ff 13-36);correspondence dated December 1938 to January 1939 relating to a visit to the Persian Gulf of military officials, for the assessment of the region’s defence requirements and proposed defence schemes, including recommendations from a Major Price of the need for a volunteer defence force at Bahrain, and the posting of a permanent adjutant to Bahrain (ff 68-73);correspondence dated December 1938 to March 1939 concerning an assessment of maritime trade in the Gulf during wartime, including a copy of a questionnaire issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (ff 81-82), with a reply and completed questionnaire from the Political Agent at Bahrain (ff 90-94);correspondence dated April to July 1939 concerning ‘Appreciations’ of defence schemes for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai], including: extracts from a report issued by the Oversea Defence Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence (ff 112-115); and approval from the Government of India of the Persian Gulf defence schemes, subject to remarks made in an enclosed note from the Chief of the General Staff of India (ff 117-118). \| 1 file (124 folios) \| The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. There are no file notes included at the end of the file. \| Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 126; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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‘File 28/75 Defence policy for the Gulf’

Yazar Air Officer Commanding, Iraq (correspondent) | Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)

Basım Tarihi 1938/1939

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Tür Kitap

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 124

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 file (124 folios)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000af_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000af_en | IOR/R/15/2/762

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100000000241.0x0000af_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1938/1939

Notlar The file comprises copies of correspondence, extracts of Government reports and other papers relating to the drawing up of defence policies for the various states in the Persian Gulf, in anticipation of the start of a global war. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); representatives of RAF Air Headquarters at Habbaniyah in Iraq (including Air Officer Commanding, Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Samuel Tyssen); various representatives of the Government of India and India Office.The file includes:a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the India Office, dated 18 January 1938 enclosing a ‘Note on the Defence of the Persian Gulf in the Event of a Major War’, which contains: the Resident’s assessments of the strategic importance of the Gulf; details of communications and the air route in the Gulf; hypothetical war situations (attacks, hostile countries); British interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial Coast and Muscat (ff 13-36);correspondence dated December 1938 to January 1939 relating to a visit to the Persian Gulf of military officials, for the assessment of the region’s defence requirements and proposed defence schemes, including recommendations from a Major Price of the need for a volunteer defence force at Bahrain, and the posting of a permanent adjutant to Bahrain (ff 68-73);correspondence dated December 1938 to March 1939 concerning an assessment of maritime trade in the Gulf during wartime, including a copy of a questionnaire issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (ff 81-82), with a reply and completed questionnaire from the Political Agent at Bahrain (ff 90-94);correspondence dated April to July 1939 concerning ‘Appreciations’ of defence schemes for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai], including: extracts from a report issued by the Oversea Defence Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence (ff 112-115); and approval from the Government of India of the Persian Gulf defence schemes, subject to remarks made in an enclosed note from the Chief of the General Staff of India (ff 117-118). | 1 file (124 folios) | The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. There are no file notes included at the end of the file. | Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 126; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers