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Memoir of the Career of Thomas Edward Rogers [39r] (77/118)
The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in Mid 20th century. 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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Middle East Supply Centre at Cairo, distribution of food supplies brought in
by the Allies, Ministry of War Transport matters, arrival of small units of
troops to protect anti locust operations. Sometimes I entertained the Governor
and other senior local officials - once to celebrate the fall of Tunis. But my
good relations with him were temporarily shattered when two wild (I believe,
Turkish) members of a small detachment of irregulars commanded by Nancy Mitford's
brother, Tom got drunk one night. Beating on the door of the Governorate they
demanded to see his attractive wife who occasionally came to my small parties
with her husband. Although this motley band scraped together in the Middle East
were only to visit Bandar Abbas briefly Tom understood, if unhappily, that the
Allied interest required their immediate re-deployment.
But the two wild men, with a couple of their companions, showed their mettle
on the only occasion I had a few with me on a launch. One night in the bright
phosphorescence of the sea off Jask a large fish leaped aboard the flat deck of
the launch. Before I invite the charge of telling an unbelievable fishing story
I state the fact that the largest species of tunny is twelve feet long and claim
only that our fish was all of six or more. We were resting or dozing but only
delayed a second before we tackled the fish rugby style at every point of its
slippery anatomy we could get our arms around or hands on. After a tough struggle
which we were never sure of winning until the sea invader was finally clubbed
into submission, we settled down to sleep trusting in the law of averages to spare
us any need before morning to repel further boarders. If only I could find him,
in the bazaars of Izmir or Istanbul, some old Turk there must be who will "remembe
with advantages what feats he did that day" and dismiss my account of them as
paltry British understatement. Do I deny that our craft was all but sunk by the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Monster?
Even when good relations with the Governor were restored I still avoided one
problem which we both knew was beyond remedy. This was that normal Persian trade
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The file consists of a memoir written by Thomas Edward Rogers. The memoir covers his background, education and career. He also records his reasons for joining the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. . The memoir relates his career in India and in the Foreign Service in Bengal, Persia [Iran] and the Gulf, Quetta (including experiences of post-Independence unrest), and as Deputy Secretary in the Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat. It also relates his career with the Foreign Office in Spain, Yugoslavia, Argentina, Canada, and Colombia.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 59; 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. The file also contains an original foliation sequence.
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