'File 10/5 BAPCO CODES'

Content

The file contains correspondence and telegrams 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. in Bahrain, 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 and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the use of a cypher code for their cable communications with New York and on the agreement of the code.

There is an index at the end of the file (folios 51-52).

Extent and format

1 file (54 folios)

Arrangement

The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 51-52). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in blue or red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

Physical characteristics

The foliation begins at the first page of writing and runs through to 53, which is the inside of the back cover of the file.

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/15/2/423

Former external reference(s)

Confidential files: 10/V

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Apr 1943-18 Feb 1946 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Petroleum industry

People & organisations

Adviser to the Government of BahrainBahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Political Agency, Confidential OfficeSecretary of State for India and Burma, United KingdomSecretary of State for India, United KingdomKing of BahrainBahrain Political AgencyShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl KhalīfahShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl KhalīfahKing of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd

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