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'File 4/30 Payments on behalf of Army Department.' [‎8r] (15/36)

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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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No. -4/50.
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...he Manager,
’Ihe Eastern Bnk Ltd., BAHR/JH.
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , /
Ba hra in.
r? December 1942.
Dear Cir,
Having been authorised by the Government
of India to make payments to the Resident Manager
of Messrs.California Arabian Ctendard Oil Company,
Dhahran, Caudi Arabia, on account of purchases made
by the Army, up to the value oi Rs.5 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , I have
now to make a payment of /.25,340-25. In accordance
with the terms agreed upon between the military
authorities and the Company this payment has to be
in dollar currency. Will you please inform me
whether you can arrange this payment for me and if so
at / '
on what terms anq/what rate of exchange. Ihis Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
wilt pay you by a Government Draft on the Reserve
Bank of India, Bombay.
Yours faithfully.
J L for 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.
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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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