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File 523/1912 Pt 1 'Persia: Imperial Bank: mint contract' [27r] (49/386)
The record is made up of 1 item (195 folios). It was created in 1912-1917. 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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*11 This Document is the Property frf His Britannic Majesty s Government ,
and should be" returned to the Foreign Office ^when don e with unless
required for official use.]
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Cypher telegram to Bir G a Buchanan (Fetrograd),,
Foreign Office, Beptemher 9th, 1916. 11.50 Pdin
No* 2051c,
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My telegram Ho. 1603 (of July 24th. Silver for
Persia)^
Imperial Bank of Persia learn from Hongkong
and Shanghai Bank that out of £35,000 worth of
silver posted from Shanghai, £25,000 have Been
8i’ll6& "by Russian Posu OPficSo
They also state that the following consignments
are still at Archangel.
£25,000 from "Dehby Grange" which reached
Archangel Jrly 27th,
£50 000 from "Clm Alpine" which arrived August
20 th.
£65,000 from "Novo" which has probably reached
Archangel during present week.
Your Excellency will realize that if these delay-
are allowed to continue position of Bank may become
precarious and it will become, impossible to carry
out the undertaking to place Krans to the value of
£40,000 monthly at the disposal of the Russian
Government. You should point this out to Minister
for
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a minting contract for the Imperial Bank of Persia.
Included in this part is the Imperial Bank of Persia's concession to mint and the anticipated infringement by the Russian Government, as well as the impact of the February Revolution 1917.
The part of this volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 item (195 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 523 (Persia) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/224. The volume is divided into 2 parts with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume.
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- Title
- File 523/1912 Pt 1 'Persia: Imperial Bank: mint contract'
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- 3r:195v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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