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'File 29/32 CIGARETTES FOR BAHRAIN & TRUCIAL COAST from INDIA' [10r] (19/46)
The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 21 Dec 1944-18 Aug 1945. 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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BY A13 FAIL.
JULCJUL?.^ o
Qoternnent of India*
External Affaire Department*
EXPRESS LETTER.
From: pareigp, New DelM*
To i
/
Britain, Bashire»
Repeated: political, Bahrain*JO.. ,-r? <
^ Folitioal, Kuwait.
Political, Muccat.
N0.p.52(6)-lfi;/45. oatad, the 1945 *
I r
Reference our exotess letter ro.?. 52(6)-lE/45,
dated April 5th, 194&. Cigarettes for
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
/ 2. A copy of letter wo.E&O .90008/23 dated 14 th April 1945,
/ from the
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.
, is enclosed. The °/ Vui
/ ,r,India would be glad to have your coaments urgent on the
’JV^attitude to'be adopted to Indian exports of cigarettes to
^Shthe Gulf in the li&t of the United Hn^om ToScco
control’s decision to parmit direct fof eix million
* ci^rettes montlily to the Gulf trom the United Kingdom,
no you consider that the present level of Indian exports
should be correBpondingly curtailed so as to maintain the
over-all Gulf quota at the existing figure,.and if so.jn
what grounds ? You will no doubt bear in mind the effect
that this reduction would oe likely to nave on ^e^aan
manufacturing concerns; and in view of this, a possible
alternative, on which your cttmieuoa would oe appreciated -
assuming that you do not favour n
exports also at the existing level of 30*9 million
would be to allow the Indian concerns i*e* obe .
Tobacco Company and the Golden Tobacco Company to retain
their present quota of 16.2 million aigrettes
per quarter*
The Imperial Tobacco Coaipany, ^bo are^the Associated
Company in India of the British American Tobacco Company
Limited, will apparently no longer need go export
cigwettes to tnese destinations in consequence of the
To^lcco control's decision*
The issue of the above has bean authorised'
Under Secretary to the Government of India
f K.S^* f
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The file contains correspondence regarding tobacco quotas imported from India, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to Bahrain, Kuwait, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Muscat, and Gwadur [Gwadar]. The correspondence is mainly about fixing quota distributions between manufacturers. It also discusses the quality and the price of the tobacco. The correspondence is mostly 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. in 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 Bushire, the Director of Customs in Bahrain, the Under Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi and the 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. in London.
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- 1 file (21 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 20-22 are file notes.
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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 23; 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 2-19; 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/15/2/793
- Title
- 'File 29/32 CIGARETTES FOR BAHRAIN & TRUCIAL COAST from INDIA'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:14v, 16r:22v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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