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PER SI AN GUL F UAR TRAD E BUREAU.
REPORT NO. 35.
Part I - Statistical Portion.
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Part II
Sumary .of information re la t inf; to Persian Gulf countries
jived in the Persian Gulf.War Trade Bureau during the week end-
rece
ing the 15th October 1942.
A. PERSIA.
1. Con ditions in Persia -
(a) General c onditions in Aba dan - In a letter dated 1.9,
from I snail Abdul Flawed. Abadan, to Flasir Irani, Karachi, the
writer points out that the position with regard to foodstuffs in
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Abadan Is f
the letter
r from satisfactory. The following is an extract
fron
"You state the conditions of Abadan might improve shortly.
No, they are getting worse day by day' and the life is
getting harder, since we have neither a, Government nor a
King. .Whoever wants to do anything, he does it. For instance
the'rates of foodstuffs are in the hands of a shopkeeper
himself. He can sell a thing at any rate he likes. My dear,
you do not know how many of our brethren are dying of" hunger
Stones will melt to hear our fate. Foodstuffs are very,
dear, and bread is secured with difficulty. Whoever goes
to a baker f s shop'to get bread and returns safely is called
a ’strong man’’. People look at him amazingly thai he has
..returned safely out of crowd of famished folk.
Indians are, however, better because' the Company
provides them with all their needs, but for us, Persians,
only tea and flour are provided, and that too under a
system. For instance, a person drawing more than 11 ryals
gets 6 seers of flour and a packet of tea monthly besides
Y loaves a day, and those drawing less than 11 ryals get
•packet of tea monthly and 3 -loaves daily. The rest or o
supplies we are hound to buy from bazar, where the rates
are very high. However, thank God, we are still living."
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Another letter'dated 8.9.1942
Abadan, to a.Madras correspondent,
"We arc raying a rial an egg
rationed at C lbs. a month.
J.S. Jesuadian, c/o A.A.Club
states as follows :-
if we could get it. Sugar is
butter 1 lb. a month."
(b) Trade condi tions in Persia - A letter dated 28.8.1942
rron liaison do Commerce Meherjec, Bunder
, Bombay,.while giving an account of
(.se-en in the Bureau rocentlyT
Abbas, to lip's Tafti Bros.,
market conditions in Persia'at the end of August 1942, stated
money was very scarce both in Bunder Abbas and the interior and
consequence prices of all commodities had come down and even so
no cash buyers could be found. Sugar costing 1660 rials a bag as
imported from Dubai was offered at 1450 rials but no buyers were
available even then. Piecegoods market was still worse and two
big-merchants in Shiraz had been declared bankrupt to the extent
of 6,000,000 rials each, which had affected many.other small
merchants. The writers, however, hoped that conditions would
soon enable- them.to obtain their outstanding dues and remit
money to Bombay.
2.Persi an trade with Alli ed or neutr al countri es -
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in
.Diamonds - dema nd f rom India' - A Tetter dated 5.9,4
from Teiarat Ehaneh' Husainzada, Teheran, to A
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referred to the writers’ endeavours to obtain diamonds from
Incua. The writers stated that they were willing to pay any
money to obtain an export licence and suggested that' in case uat
article was not permitted to be sent direct it should be despatched