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Coll 30/68 'Trade: Japanese trading activities in the Persian Gulf.' [‎85r] (171/240)

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The record is made up of 1 file (117 folios). It was created in 27 Jul 1933-2 Apr 1938. 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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expense and undue use of the wires, but intended to be treated, on
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subject*- Japanese Trade in the Persian uulf*
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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. , Bahrain no* 0/462,dated the 29th April 1954*
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Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the Persia and japan Trading company Limited, and
went on tc say that he,(lp:*Yusuf Kancc), would refuse the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. if we wished him tc do, though it would mean if he did
not take it somebody else would*
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held, the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. than other possible aspirants*
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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.

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1 file (117 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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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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