'File 9/37 Foreign exchange' [124r] (247/252)
The record is made up of 1 file (125 folios). It was created in 14 May 1947-12 Jul 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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+Confj.dential enquiries made locally reveal that
the Aramco office in Bahrain have never sold any dollars in
Bahrain. Aramco office always draw the requirements of
their principal office in Dhahran of silver
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, currency
notes and small coins from the Eastern Bank Ltd., Bahrain,
and for their export from Bahrain they always obtain export-
licences from this office. I attach herewith a list showing
the quantitLes of monies exported by Aramco Office during
the last six months, from which it is clear that we have
/
never granted a licence for export of Saudi Rials.
The various quantities of dollars that flood thpe >
market of Bahrain, it is understood, are those sold by the
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individual employees of Bapco. But these are in small
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amounts. Larger quantities however find their way into
Bahrain Island from Dhahran where they are available in
abundance. The sellers of these dollars in Dhahran are si^£d
to be individual American emnloy^ees of Aramco as well
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as other American companies whose braches are doing
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contracting works for Aramco.
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The file mainly contains applications submitted for US dollar exchange for importing goods, plus letters of credit granted 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.
Subjects discussed within the file are an increase in the quota for imports to the ports of Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat and Gwadur, and the purchase of plants for the production of ice in Bahrain.
Correspondents include the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bahrain, the Eastern Bank Limited, the Imperial Bank of Iran, Petroleum Development Qatar and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
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- 1 file (125 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 111-125. 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 inside back cover with 137; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-136; 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/15/2/381
- Title
- 'File 9/37 Foreign exchange'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 16r:17v, 21r:23v, 26r:27v, 29r:31v, 33r:53v, 55r:59v, 61r:61v, 65r:65v, 67r:68v, 71r:87v, 89r:91v, 96r:97v, 99r:100v, 102r:125v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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