Coll 30/68 'Trade: Japanese trading activities in the Persian Gulf.' [‎41r] (83/240)

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The file contains reports on Japanese trade with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in the light of a marked increase in Japanese trading activities in the region. The file contains information relating to Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

The file consists of correspondence from 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle), and other British officials; reports from the Department of Overseas Trade; and extracts from the intelligence summaries and diaries of British agencies and consulates around the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The papers cover: reports of enquiries from representatives of Japanese firms into trading conditions in various parts of the Gulf (e.g. Kuwait, folio 89); British resistance to increased Japanese commercial penetration in the Gulf (folio 112); increased Japanese exports of piece-goods and cement (e.g. folio 106); trade between Japan and Iraq (e.g. folio 97); counterfeit goods (folio 46); effect of cheap imported rice (e.g. folio 42); the introduction of Japanese steamer services (e.g. folio 40); summarised cargo manifests of Japanese vessels; import of 'Japanese' tea (folio 24); and possible export of salt from Iran to Japan (folio 12);

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (117 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 119; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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