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Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities' [‎226r] (452/712)

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The record is made up of 1 file (354 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1930-12 Mar 1948. 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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Copy of despatch Ho 9 O.T. (D.O.I. 26575/1934) dated the 20th
April 1984 from Department of Overseas Trade, London, addressed
to Llent-Colonel T.C. Fowls, C.B.E., the Hon'ble the Political
Resident in the Persian Oulf eto., at Bashire.
I am directed by Secretary 3ir John Simon to thank you
for your confidential despatch No C/149 of the 30th.March,
transmitting a report by Mr. Vice-Consul Baillie on a commereiki
tour of the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and to request that
you will convey an expression of the Secretary of Stated
appreciation to Mr. Baillie of his interesting report.
2. While the information contained in the, report is, so
far as it goes, most acceptable, it is, nevertheless, felt that
to render the information of material interest to United
Kingdom fims, future reports on the same lines might well
inolude such specific details as, for instance, the names of
the principal importers in the main trading centres of the
Oulf (Bushire, Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat), the channel through
which local traders are in the habit of obtaining United
Kingdom goods, and similar precise details.
3. You will of course appreciate that in the event of
extracts from such reports being circulated to United Kingdom
firms, they will read them chiefly with an eye to their own
commodities. If they find the report to be on general lines
merely, they are apt to be disappointed at the lack of
specific market information.
4 . The report is, nevertheless, of considerable value to the
department as a first record and will be of great use in view
of any possible enquiries in regard to general conditions in
this district. No doubt Mr. Baillie succeeded in establishing
personal contacts, from which he may expeot in the future to
draw useful and specific items of commercial intelligence.
5. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been
thanked for the passage afforded to Mr. Baillie on H.M.3.
"Shoreham rt .
6 . Copy of this correspondence has been sent to the Foreign
Office, 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. and Board Of Trade.
Sir
I am
Sir,
Your obedient Servant
(Sgd) Cecil. C. Farrer

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The file contains information on economic and trade conditions in the states located on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and discussion of the potential market there for British goods. The main correspondents are the Department of Overseas Trade, and 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. . The file also contains a number of detailed reports from British officials, which were submitted to the Department of Overseas Trade.

The first of these reports, dated 1931, relates specifically to cotton piece-goods, and consists of a general report by the British Vice-Consul at Bushire on the Arab coast market, and reports on local conditions from the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Shargah [Sharjah] (relating to Debai [Dubai] and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ), and the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. Further general reports on economic conditions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by various British Vice-Consuls at Bushire, are dated 1934-37 (including a Department of Overseas Trade published version, for October 1934, folios 126-144). There are also other reports on local conditions, and general correspondence concerning economic conditions and the market for British goods. Papers from 1936 onwards show increasing awareness of the importance of oil in enhancing the potential economic significance of the Gulf states.

The following correspondence is also of note:

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 (354 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 355; 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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