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'File 29/28 British Industrial Fair' [‎229r] (457/512)

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The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1934-24 Dec 1950. It was written in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese. 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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BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM
r«Uphon« CHAncery 4411
Taliframt ADVANTAGE, PARL, LONDON
Your Reference.
Dept’s Reference. BIP,301 5/50*
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BOARD OF TRADE
LACON HOUSE
THEOBALDS ROAD, LONDON, W.C.1.
1*5 OCT
Dear Overseas Post
You will shortly he receiving a Memorandum setting out the arrange
ments for B.I.P. 1^51 hut in the meanwhile we are sending you a copy of
our first direct mail letter.
As you will know, the opening ceremonies of next year* s Festival
wi^ take place on 3rd May while B.I.P. is in progress and this will
mean heavy demands hoth for travel and hotel accommodation. We are
anxious, of course, that businessmen who wish to visit the Pair should
he able to find accommodation and we have therefore sent out a very
early letter to the 130,000 trade buyers on our direct mail index. The
letter has also heen produced in Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German,
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
If you have any opportunity to give B.I.P. 1951 some publicity at
this early stage, we shall he very grateful to j/'ou if you will stress
to businessmen that it will he in their interest to make arrangements to
visit the Pair as soon as ever they can.
This letter is being sent to all U.K. Trade Commissioners,
Commercial Diplomatic Officers, Consular Officers and Imperial Trade
C orre sp onde nt s.
Yours ever
DS 49673/1 /197 300 6/50 DL
Publicity Section
BRITISH INDUSTRIES PAIR

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This file contains correspondence, promotional material and other documents related to the British Industries Fair (BIF) in London and other similar events in London, including a mechanical handling conference (1948) and an engineering and marine exhibition (1949).

The file contains a number of invitations to attend the fair that were sent to prominent merchants in Bahrain by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain as well as replies sent back by these merchants. Much of this correspondence is in Arabic (with English translations).

The file also contains promotional material related to the BIF and other events including the following:

  • a pamphlet written by Malcolm Logan entitled 'Story of the B.I.F.' The pamphlet is in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese (folios 142-149);
  • two posters for the Mechanical Handling Conference in London 1948, one in French (folio 151) and one in English (folio 152);
  • a pamphlet entitled 'Background to the B.I.F.' (folios 203-210).
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1 file (256 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of 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 256; 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 4-117; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled (except for a few circled numbers which have been crossed out).

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English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese in Latin and Arabic script
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