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'File 4/30 Payments on behalf of Army Department.' [‎6r] (11/36)

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The record is made up of 1 file (16 folios). It was created in 12 Jun 1941-28 Jan 1943. 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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DEPABTMENT/OFFICE. ^ (&) 1/ S
File. No. 4/30.
Serial No,
Letter
1. Date of despatch
2. List of enclosures.
Draft "i^emorantium
—-Telegram^
JluUL-io
Dated
/£>
To
The Resident Maneger,
M/s The Calilhrnia Arahiar
Standard Oil Company,
Dhahran, Saudi Arabie
Dear Sir, •
I have been requested,
by the tAr*ev; Headquarters^Sa^LPa.
to pay you /. 23,340-23
for their recent purchases of
mot or vehicles, crane a»/©nd
parts .from you. 1 sh-e-
fud- if'~y-^u-orv'iTl pi-era^* let me know
- . • ' w
whether it will be convenient for
the rupee eo^i^lent fer
of the above amount pa id into
your account with the Eastern Bank
S-5 (Small)
B. P. 6767/A/S-79—25-6-42—50,000 pads.
hereT
Yours faithfully,
for Riitical Agent,
Bahrain.

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The file concerns payments made by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (to oil companies) on behalf of British Army departments, including a payment of $23,340.23 to the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) for the purchase of transport equipment, cranes and spare parts by Headquarters Force Iraq (Engineers), Baghdad.

The papers include correspondence from the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain; the Office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi; California Arabia Standard Oil Company; and the Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain.

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1 file (16 folios)
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The correspondence is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after the relevant covering letter, and terminates in a set of notes on folios16-17.

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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 18; 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 also present in parallel between ff 1-17; 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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