Coll 30/41 'Co-ordination of Commercial Intelligence: Method of Conducting Correspondence between the Political Resident and the D.O.T. in Visits of the Vice-Consul, Bushire, to Gulf Countries' [‎62v] (124/258)

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This file contains the following:

• correspondence and related documentation from 1939 concerning the travel arrangements of R S T John (British Vice-Consul in Bushire) around the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in order to complete research for a report on economic conditions in the region (folio 1-52)
• correspondence from 1933 regarding who should pay the costs involved in the collection of commercial intelligence during two trips made annually by the British Vice-Consul in Bushire (folios 53-100).
• correspondence from 1925 that discusses how commercial intelligence should be reported back from 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 Bushire to the Department of Overseas Trade and the division of responsibility between the Colonial Office and the Government of India (folios 101-126).

This correspondence is between officials from the Political 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 Bushire, the Department of Overseas Trade, the Foreign Office, the Foreign & Political Department of the Government of India, 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. and Downing Street.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (126 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 128; 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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English in Latin script

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