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'File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft'
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/668
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/2/668
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 9 Apr 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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The file comprises two secret telegrams, sent by the C-in-C (Commander-in-Chief), E.I. (East Indies Station), both dated 29 April 1940. The first (f 2) states that 'All Swedish, Finnish, Latvian and Estonian ships in British Ports and bound for Scandinavian, Danish or Baltic Ports should by some pretext be prevented from sailing until further orders.' The second telegram (f 3) states that 'All Norwegian and Danish shipping is to be taken under British protection and is to be detained in British harbours or sent there from High Seas.'
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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)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file (2 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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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-3; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/92c2d097-24b0-407d-9a33-6b3ca75b5d26/
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
Within the sub-sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/651-765
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'File 28/1 O Prevention from sailing of Swedish, Finnish, etc. craft'