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Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’ [232v] (464/813)
The record is made up of 1 file (405 folios). It was created in 15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948. It was written in English. 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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Company through their Agents in Sydney and with the concurrence of
M.W.T. The P.R. in his telegram No. 2438 of 20th December has
pointed out that no such cargo has arrived since July 1943 and has
asked that immediate action should be taken to revive them. We have
asked M.W.T. to look into this.
QUALITY OP SUPPLIES Prom the very start of the M.E.S.C.'s
arrangements it was found impossible to supply the States with rice.
Attempts to obtain rice from Iraq failed and what rice that could be
obtained from Egypthad to be diverted elsewhere principally Ceylon.
This though undoubtedly unpopular seems to have been accepted in
good grace and the chief complaint on the score of quality seems to
have been directed against the Iraqi barley which has been sent to
the States to adulterate the wheat flour. The necessity for this
was mainly due to the shortage of wheat supplies in the Gulf, but I
find in Savingram Hides 54 of 9th June M.E.S.C. J state that barley and
millet from Iraq were originally provided to meet the P.R.’s complaint
that flour alone was unsuitable for the Arab States and that a
proportion of roughage nmst be provided either in the form of wheat
in grain or as barley and millet. * ' ' ’
However that may be, the P.R. has consistently objected to the
supply of barley which he describes in his telegram T.1200 of 26th
November as being formerly sold for pig food. In his telegram
No. f284 of 3rd June the P.R. complained that Saudi Arabia was better
treated than the States in this respect, and from a recent Savingram
from the M.E.S.C. (No. 5110 of 21st December) it appears that Eastern
Saudi Arabia, has refused point blank to take the barley and that the
M.S.S.C. have agreed to a tempora ry compromise whereby We ster n Saud i J
Arabia takes more than its shared They fear, - however, T^liaTf this * ^
compromise may raise difficulties with the Arab States and have asked
for^definite directive in the matter. I have told M.W.T. that we feel
very strongly that the M.E.S.C. should be asked to abandon the
compromise solution. . . ....
PRICE The P.R. objected in his telegram No. 1284 of 3rd June to
the exorbitant price demanded for the Iraqi barley, the price of
which he contrasted with that of the far more palAtable Indian wheat.
He asked that the barley might be sold to the States at the price of
Indian wheat, the difference being met by H.M.G. He was supported in
this request by both the Government of India and the Minister of
State/
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The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the minimum requirements of these states, sources of supply, and the availability of shipping.
Specific policy questions included in the file are: the search for alternative sources of cereals as a result of the ban on exports from India following the Bengal Famine of 1943-1944; the question of whether the British Government should subsidise Iraqi cereals supplied to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to match the price of cereals previously imported from India; the question of using oil tankers to ship wheat to Bahrain; and proposals for increases in the tea and sugar quotas for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States in order to facilitate barter trade with Persia [Iran].
The problem of global rice shortages also receives attention in the file; rice supplies to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. were completely cut off following the Indian export ban. This includes attempts to try to restore the supply of rice, such as an effort by the Gulf States to purchase rice from Persia in 1945. A note prepared by Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson on the dietary problems of the Bedouin of Kuwait and north-east Arabia resulting from the cessation of rice imports can be found on folios 136-140.
The main correspondents are as follows: 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. (Percy Gordon Loch, Charles Geoffrey Prior, and Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the 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. (from August 1947 the Commonwealth Relations Office), officials of the Middle East Supply Centre, officials of the Ministry of Food, officials of the Ministry of War Transport, officials of the Treasury, and representatives of the Government of India – in the Commercial, External, and Food departments respectively.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (405 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject Ext 329/43 (Supply of Food to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of three files: IOR/L/PS/12/786-788.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 406; 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.
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- Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:85v, 88r:188v, 190r:401v, 402v:406v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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