Sub-sub-series
File 36: United States Interests
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/853-857
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This record is about the File 36: United States Interests dating from 1933-1949.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/2/853-857
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Title (The name of the record)
- File 36: United States Interests
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1933-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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This Sub-sub-series contains files related to the interests and activities of the United States of America in the Gulf. The topics discussed are as follows:. the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/853); foreign consular activities, primarily the US' desire for the establishment of a consulate in Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/854); visits of US officials to Bahrain, 1934-1947 (IOR/R/15/2/855); US Government reports that the Russian Government had ordered the establishment of a sabotage network in the Middle East to target American oil interests (IOR/R/15/2/856); a Foreign Office report on US economic interests in the Middle East (IOR/R/15/2/857); In all of the files, the bulk of the correspondence is between British officials, but the files also contain correspondence with US officials as well as limited amount with local rulers, some of which is in Arabic. File IOR/R/15/2/853 contains some German correspondence related to the hiring of German-speaking doctors at the American Mission Hospital.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The former external references show possible gaps between the surviving files in the series and the numbers in brackets represent earlier file references.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Arabic; English; German
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 files (511 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1f42c726-dfbf-4ee3-8d47-217f2fdbb39d/
Series information
IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/R
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Within the series: IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
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File 36: United States Interests