خارجي ٣٢٩ / ٤٣ (١) "إمداد السكر إلى دول الخليج الفارسي" [و‎‎٢‎٨] (٩٣/٥٦)

Please see Political Residents telegram No. 1278 of
^ December and our letter of the 11th December to the
L ^-stry of Pood about sugar supplies for the Persian Gulf
Mr. Porster of the Sugar Division, Ministry of Pood,
hQ-s informed me that his Ministry have obtained Treasury
sanction to undertake the supply of sugar to all the Arab
Sheikhdoms in the Gulf and to Muscat for the period 1st
January to 31st December, 1948. I understand that this
decision has been taken as it is considered profitable both
from the trade and from the foreign exchange point of view to
keep as much as possible of the business concerned with
supplies ol refined sugar, in the hands of S.K. exporters.
Mr. Porster, therefore, suggests that we take steps to have
the Government of India quotas for the Gulf and Muscat
cancelled and to inform the Political Resident that in future
orders for supplies of sugar for the territories under his
control should be placed in the U.K,
Treasury approval includes approval to the shipment of
3,000 tons of refined sugar to Koweit and owing, apparently,
to the fact that supplies to Middle East countries outside
the sterling area have proved profitable from the exchange
point of view, the Treasury have placed no limit on the amount
to be supplied to the Gulf.
I submit draft telegrams to the Government of India and
the Political Resident.
*«. and Muscat.
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