PZ 6556/40 'Hawking of Sterling Notes in the Middle East.'
IOR/L/PS/12/446
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The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1940-5 Feb 1941. 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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The file contains correspondence between the British Consul General, Beirut, the British Ambassador to Iraq, the Foreign Office and the Treasury, regarding the smuggling of Sterling notes into the Middle East, and possible ways to end the practice.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (4 folios)
- Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- Original held at
- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/446
- Former external reference(s)
- PZ 6556/40
- Date(s)
- 6 Dec 1940-5 Feb 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Subjects
- SmugglingCurrencies
- People & organisations
- Foreign OfficeBritish Consul-General, BeirutHM Ambassador to IraqHM Treasury
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/446
- Title
- PZ 6556/40 'Hawking of Sterling Notes in the Middle East.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence