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‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE' [80r] (159/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 24 Sep 1949-21 Nov 1950. 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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EXTRACT FROM A MINUTE RECORDED BY
FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON THE SUBJECT
OF RICE: SUPPLIES TO THE GULF STATES.
As I understand the situation three factors have con
tributed to the shortage of rice which we are likely to
experience from now on.
(1) The
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
set up by the United Nations in Singa
pore to control the distribution of rice during the post-war
years was dissolved at the end of 1949.
(2) The Supreme Command in Japan which had hitherto
compelled the country to subsist on its own (adequate) supplies
of rice, recently permitted the Japanese to obtain large con
signments from Burma to which Japan will now export machinery
and manufactured goods.
(3) The hostilities in Korea have created a universal
nervousness so that the surplus countries* (Siam, Burma, Indo
china) will, tend to hold rice rather than allow it to reach
the deficit countries.
The Rice-exporting countries are Siam, Burma, Indp China.
Pre-war exportable surplus 6m. tons; last year 2tm. tons;
this year probably 2m. tons. Production in Siam alone is
back to pre-^ar level; exports from Burma are much depleted
by disturbances and those from Indo-China have ceased.
2. If this analysis is correct, and if an equitable dis
tribution of rice is the best way of resisting Communist
advance in the Far East, then one would expect the Supreme
Command to revise the decision at (2) above which of course
was taken before hostilities started; and perhaps the United
Nations might even resume responsibility for distribution
as described at (1) above.
3. But until such counteracting measures are taken we must
certainly be prepared for a shortage in what is the staple food
in the Gulf. I agree that'Political Agents should be asked
to report on present stocks and to advise Rulers to lay in
advance supplies if they can.
Sd. H.J. Evans.
British
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.
,
Bahrain.
20 July, 1960
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The file contains correspondence about British efforts to obtain supplies of rice for local consumption in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain, Qatar and the shaikhdoms of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , in the years after the Second World War (1939-1945). British and Bahrain Government officials disseminate details about offers of rice from the Government of Pakistan and also the allocation of Egyptian quota import rice from British Ministry of Food rice stores in Egypt. There is also extensive correspondence between 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 and the Political Officer for Qatar at Doha, about a prolonged dispute between Qatari and Bahraini merchants over the delayed transhipment of Egyptian quota import rice for Qatar, which had been landed at Bahrain.
The main correspondents are 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. and 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. , both Bahrain; the Political Officers for 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. ; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. The file also contains copy correspondence between Foreign Office and Ministry of Food officials in London about the latter’s decision to no longer procure rice from the Egyptian authorities for allocation to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms after 1950, given the proposed winding up of the International Emergency Food Committee (IEFC) allocation system at the end of 1950.
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- 1 file (95 folios)
- Arrangement
Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
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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 97; 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 2-95; 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/15/2/780
- Title
- ‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:7v, 10r:10v, 12r:17v, 19r:19v, 21r:42v, 44r:56v, 58r:62v, 65r:67v, 69r:70v, 74r:81v, 83r:91v, 94r:95v, 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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- Open Government Licence