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File 14 Foreign Interests

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/538-542

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This record is about the File 14 Foreign Interests dating from 1936-1949.

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/538-542
Title
File 14 Foreign Interests
Date
1936-1949
Description

The files contain correspondence, notes, and memoranda exchanged between various British Government offices, regional governments, and representatives of several commercial companies and other institutions. Many of the files relate to the activities and employment of foreign nationals (American, Japanese, German, and Italian) deemed a potential threat to British security and interests in the Persian Gulf just before, during, and just after the Second World War. One of the files (14/7) concerns relations between the Government of Bahrain and the newly-independent Government of India.

Arrangement

The Foreign Interests files are arranged by file number, by which, for example, the reference 14/5 is composed of the subject reference 14 (Foreign Interests) and the file number 5 (Visits of German Agents). The file number references of the surviving files (3, 4, 5, 7, and 9) show that there are gaps where files may have been lost or destroyed.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
5 files (105 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/43af6bf1-ea94-4ba2-90e4-ff2465f09add/

Series information

IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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Catalogue hierarchy

963,091 records
52,857 records

Within the fonds: IOR/R

India Office Records transferred later through official channels

22,113 records

Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15

Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf

2,250 records

Within the series: IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

910 records

Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916

Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files

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File 14 Foreign Interests