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'File 29/22 I CEREALS FOR SHARJAH AND DUBAI' [‎30r] (59/682)

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The record is made up of 1 file (339 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1943-29 Dec 1944. 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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29/1, 29/as & l/A-13
Telegram
From
To
Repeated
S
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. , Bushire.
Ambassador, Cairo, for
Ambassador, Baghdad, for M«L.b*C«
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. , London.
Government of India, New Delhi.
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.
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. , Kuwait.
No. 2488
Dated 24th received 25th December, 1945.
Reference telegram 625 Mides Mi sc December
22nd (but not repeated to London and New Delhi).
first week in December, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. to third week and on
December llth 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. Kuwait reported Kuwait stocks
were nearly exhausted and you now inform me that deliveries
that should have been made to these states before end of
November for December consumption will not arrive destina
tions before first week of January. Bahrain has been able
to carry on by drawing on stocks earmarked for Saudi Arabia
but Kuwait and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. have been reduced to semi-
starvation.
ances which have repeatedly been given since my original
? undertakingfe iven in my telegram T/1149 November 2lst and
if timely action had been taken dm monthly requirements
programme of Arab States sent to you as early as October
31st (my telegram 2157) present situation would not have
must emphasise in strongest possible terms that U*ii*C.U. be
instructed to use more foresight in planning for their com
mitments to Arab States.
wheat in Bahrain and is due to arrive same time as ship now
in Basra I suggest flour be unloaded and held in Bahrain on
U.K.C.C. account and that these states supplied with wheat.-
fiour consignments only accepted as an alternative to star
vation.
Cereals for Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ghaikhdoas.
2. Bahrain had suffieient stocks to last to
3. If you nad not insisted in asking for assur-
arisen.
4. To avoid similar repetitions in future, I
5. If S.S. Caithness is discharging wheat repeat
- BHIICONSUL
NCJ
Ld k . U 5.7
25th Dec. f 43

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The file contains correspondence about supplies of wheat and barley for importation and local consumption in Dubai, Sharjah and the other Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. sheikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when food grains and wheat in particular were in short supply worldwide and subject to Government of India export restrictions and import quota arrangements in all the Arab States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. under British protection. 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. , Bahrain; 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. , Bushire; the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the 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. Agent, both Sharjah; the Middle East Supply Centre (MESC), Cairo; the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Iraq) Limited (UKCC), Baghdad; Gray, Mackenzie and Company, Bahrain (acting as Crown purchase and shipping agent). The main topics discussed are MESC allotments and UKCC shipments of quota wheat and barley from Basra to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ports of Dubai and Sharjah; the monitoring of stock levels of wheat, barley and rice in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms and estimates of future requirements; the introduction of reductions to wheat quotas, against imports of rice from Persia (Iran) and elsewhere, in view of the difficult worldwide supply situation.

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1 file (339 folios)
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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, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 2-323; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Physical condition: folio 148 has a torn edge; folio 341 is a re-used file cover containing the title and other brief details about a former file on aviation.

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