‘File 28/5 III Licenses for export of oil from Bahrain’

Content

The file comprises papers relating to requests made by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for licences to export petroleum products from Bahrain during the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are 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) and the Chief (or Acting) Chief Local Representative for BAPCO (Milton H Lipp; B Crow; Ward P Anderson). The file is a direct continuation of IOR/R/15/2/679.

The file includes:

• export licence requests from BAPCO representatives 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. , detailing: the assignee of the export; the name of the vessel and its place of registration; the date for loading at Bahrain; the quantity and type of petroleum products to be loaded; the destination of the export; the consignee; tonnage of diesel fuel in the ship’s bunkers. Some licence requests bear additional handwritten notes by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff, which relate to the specifics of the request;
• copies of granted export licences, issued by 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;
• some correspondence between 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 and 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. in London, relating to specific export licence requests.

Cancelled requests are either crossed out and marked in handwriting as ‘cancelled’, or marked with blue rubber stamp as ‘cancelled’.

Extent and format

1 file (590 folios)

Arrangement

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 496-510) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 511; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-495; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/681

Former external reference(s)

Confidential Files: 28/5 III

History of this record

Date(s)

29 Nov 1941-17 Dec 1942 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Persian Gulf States (emergency) Order in Council (1939)Petroleum industryPetroleum productsSecond World War (1939-1945)Exports

People & organisations

Bahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Petroleum Company, Chief Local Representative

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