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No. f?404 of r’B-^-18.
s i-3?:idouript,Qr > 8 > iiinos of Corarrunloationj
To#i . , ^srah, 38th February, 1318.
*ihe Deputy (..'ivll CoHniasionar.
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sea v/oulcl again render the situation acute.
1 api however, to allot 5000 ting a month
tne 4:b-,)Q tins a month allotted for the Ahwaz, trade.
”• Aa an irradiate relief to the oil situation in the
olieir deriand, 3000 tins of Pair Tree Kerosene at Huscati -which
can be spared, being no longer required for motor hosoital
ships coring from -highland.
and that even the 5000 tins mentioned above right have to be
cancel lea shoulu there be submarine lossea, it soe'is essential
for the A. *p.O. to reconsider the possibility of nogs bulk of
oil arrangements of transport and storage.
wooden barrels for the shipment of oil in bulk to hi If Ports.
As suggested by Mr. Chick at Bushire, he and no doubt other
British Officials at other Gulf Ports will assist by collecting
tins into which these barrels can be emptied to ensure their
quick return.
reserved for transport into the interior, hrthen, t he presence
of cheap oil at the Ports will induce the local Traders to
utilize old tins, which they will solder themselves, as well
as to provide the necessary meang of transport into the
interior. Thus the imminence of the oil famine in this land of
oil, feared by Mr. Walpole, will be averted until such time as
he can arrange for bulk oil storage and transport in the Gulf
Porta. P.T. M
Refereno* your Ho. 347#/l4»/l* of mu February 1010.
The position as regards the supply of tin plated is
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. the I.W.T. will make over to the A.P.O.C., on
4.
In view of the fact that enough tins cannot he spared
fs can assist, at any rate for a tit’s, by providing
The tins allotted in para 0 of this letter should be