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‘File 16/69 Enquiry from India Office regarding financial privileges for American officials in the British protected Arab States’ [5r] (9/22)
The record is made up of 1 file (9 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1945-29 May 1945. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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InnSia Office,
Whitehall, 3*W.1«
Sxt» 266/45*
6th February, 1945*
Sir,
I am directed bgr the Secretary of
State for India to refer to Foreign Office
letter Ho, IU 106^15^250 of 15th January,
1945, conaeming the proposed Agreeoait
with the United States fbr financial
privileges for officials other than diplaaatk
/ and consular personnel, and to enclose a
aorpy of a letter which has been seat to the
Govemosent of India in this ooanectico, |
2, It \7ill be seen that the Secretary
of State is in agreement with the Forei&i
^ Office that the application of the Agreenent
to India is a matter which might appropriate
ly he op by the United States
Government direct with the Gcvernaetit of
India,
5, It is observed that the convention
as at present drafted covers "British
Protected States", The Secretary of
State is not aware whether tliere are at
present any United States officials in tne
/Arab
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
s«w»3*
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Correspondence and papers exchanged between representatives of 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 Foreign Office, and British officials in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , concerning a proposed agreement to extend financial privileges to United States officials other than diplomatic or consular personnel, who are based in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The file includes a copy of the articles of the proposed agreement (folio 4), and confirmation 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 16 June 1945, that there are no such United States officials in Kuwait, Bahrain or the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folio 8).
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- 1 file (9 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 (f 10) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; 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 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1581
- Title
- ‘File 16/69 Enquiry from India Office regarding financial privileges for American officials in the British protected Arab States’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence