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'File 9/24 I Post-war trade' [4r] (7/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1945-11 Sep 1945. 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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3
4 # jt is not only British manufacturers who would
do well to interest themselves more closely in the markets
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
but also Indian manufacturers for while
air conditioning, machinery, electrical appliances, and
manufactured wool/en goods of high quality may oe cousiuerer
to be fields in which the United Kingdom with her equipment
and resources is best qualified to compete India is by far
the best equipped to acquire practically the whole of she
cotton piecegoods market of the Gulf which v/as unsil
almost entirely was in the hands of Japanese manufacturers*
Instead however of pressing her wares on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
market India has made the export of cotton piecegooas irom
India to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
so difficult that only the threat
of nakedness itself suffices to force the peoples of this
area to compete with the thousand and one regulations which
must be complied with before goods can be exported from
Indian ports* Such regulations and restrictions have caused
merchants to look to the Vest for their better quality cotton
goods and the United States of America will very shortly be
holding a market which might easily have been acquired by
businessman in India* Once this has happened Indian
manufacturers will find it very difficult to eliminate
j\ ^
United States goods and will have to be content vith supply-n^g
the cheaper qualities of cotton piecegoods dntil $uch time
as some enterprising country follows in Japan*s footsteps
and drives out Indian goods from this very profitable market.
During the years which I have spent in this part
of the world I have never seen an Indian trade Journal in
the hands of local businessmen.
5. I suggest that the Ministry of Information in the
V
/United Kingdom
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The file contains correspondence sent and received by 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. at Bahrain concerning measures to increase the export of goods from the United Kingdom and India after the end of the Second World War, when American products started arriving in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (8 folios)
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The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folio 9. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 10; 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. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/369
- Title
- 'File 9/24 I Post-war trade'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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