'File 28/5 VI Licenses for export of oil from Bahrain.'

The file comprises requests made by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for licences to export petroleum products from Bahrain, sent by the Chief Local Representative for Bahrain (J O Fifer during 1945; R M Brown during 1946) to the Political Agency. Each of the export licence requests, which are numbered, detail: 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 (a significant proportion of which is marked as 'US Navy'; the tonnage of diesel fuel in the ship's bunkers. On some requests the destination and consignee is not specified, and is marked instead as 'sailing under sealed orders'. Included amongst the licence requests are some export licences which were cancelled and sent back to the Political Agency. These licences typically have the word 'cancelled' written across them in blue or red pen, or bear a stamp marking them as cancelled. The file also contains some letters from representatives of Gray, Mackenzie and Company, relating to requests made for licences by BAPCO.

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 390-392) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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