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‘File 29/21 - III FOOD SUPPLY RICE’ [‎22r] (43/720)

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The record is made up of 1 file (358 folios). It was created in 30 May 1948-26 Sep 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
BAHRAIN,
Dated 19th June, 1948
D.O.No.
My dear Dredge
Please refer to your endorsement No.l566-80/78-A,
dated the 15th June, 1948, with which a copy of telegram
No.12, dated the 14th June, 1948, from Britain, Basrah,
was forwarded to me.
terms are cash before delivery” seems to imply that the
Bahrain Government delayed the payment and that this was
the reason for the delay in delivery. If this implication
is correct, there must be a misunderstanding and as the
matter is vitally important, I should be glad if it could
be cleared up.
Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd., Basrah, are the shipping agents
for the Bahrain Government. When they inform the Bahrain
Government through their Bahrain office that the wheat quota
is ready for shipment, the Bahrain Government remits cash to
Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd., Basrah, telegraphically. As
far as I know there has never been any delay about this.
For example, on the 31st May, the Bahrain Government were
informed that 780 tons of wheat for Bahrain and Qatar were
ready and they were asked to remit I.D.30,000/-. This was
done telegraphically through the Eastern Bank Ltd., Bahrain,
on the 2nd June. The Bahrain Government is ready, if ne
cessary to avoid delay, to place a deposit with the Eastern
Bank Ltd., Basrah, to pay for shipments.
2
The expression in the telegram ’’would remind that
3
The telegram seems to be from Strick^stftd I understand
4
Major A.L.A. Dredge, MBE,
Secretary to His Excellency the
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
BAHRAIN.

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The file contains correspondence about arrangements for the purchase and shipping of rice imports mainly from African and South American countries, for consumption in Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Sharjah and other Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms, where rice and other cereals continued to be in scarce supply after the Second World War (1939-1945). The file consists mainly of letters from Bahrain and Dubai merchants, or from the Imperial Bank of Iran and the Eastern Bank Limited on their behalf, also from the local manager of the Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited on behalf of oil company personnel, asking the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain to permit them foreign currency exchange facilities for the purchase of rice from Brazil and other non-Sterling countries. Also included in the file are the Political Agent’s responses, including importation recommendation certificates and letters to their banks, approving the release of sterling for the opening of letters of credit and hard currency payments to exporters.

The file also contains the successful bids made to the International Emergency Food Committee (IEFC), Washington by the British Government on behalf of Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai and the other Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms, for a share in the 1949 Middle East rice allocations. In relation to this matter there is the correspondence of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain with the Rulers of Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai and also with British officials at the Ministry of Food and the Foreign Office in London. In this correspondence, they discuss reducing existing wheat quota imports for Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms in favour of increased rice quota imports, the arrangements for the local storage and stock management of the IEFC allocated Egyptian rice by British Ministry of Food officials in Cairo, the appointment of approved purchasing and shipping agents by the Bahrain and Dubai authorities to act for them and for their merchants with regard to orders, payments and deliveries of the IEFC allocated Egyptian quota rice by sea to Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai.

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1 file (358 folios)
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Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 360; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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