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Coll 29/34 'Bushire: economic situation; special arrangements for feeding Residency staff' [6r] (11/44)
The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 3 Mar 1932-18 Jul 1944. 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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(K 3498/3498/234)
No. 87/14/44.
Dear Robin,
British Embassy,
— -Tehran,
3rd March, 1944.
n
N . For some time we■have-r^oe^ved pressing
areals from Bushire ConsulateWlerier#! for the
supply of Army rations. As you know, Bushire is in
a desolate part of the country, and owing to transport
difficulties, the Consulate-General has great trouble
in obtaining food, and what it does get is at exorbitant
prices. We have at last succeeded in persuading Paiforce
to issue them with Army rations for the next three
months, but they are unwilling to do this on a permanent
basis without a ruling from the War Office, and they ask
that the Foreign Office should try and obtain such a
ruling from the War Office.
2. I realise that this raises a thorny Question
of principle which the Foreign Office have already
discussed with the War Office; my recollection of the
position, when I left London last October, was that the
War Office had agreed to supply Army stores to our
missions at Moscow and Jedda, but had refused, e.g. in
the case of our Consulate-General at Madagascar. If,
however, the Foreign Office can take up the matter again
on behalf of Bushire, we should be grateful.
Yours ever,
(Signed) John Somers Cocks.
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The file concerns the economic situation in Bushire in 1932, due to the scarcity of water and rainfall.
The import of livestock and food supplies is requested to the 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. by 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. , also complaining about attacks to lorries on the Bushire-Shiraz Road, caused by the drought.
The file also contains 1944 requests for the supply of Army rations in Bushire.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the 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. , 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 British Legation at Tehran, the Government of India, and the War Office.
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- 1 file (21 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 22; 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.
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- Coll 29/34 'Bushire: economic situation; special arrangements for feeding Residency staff'
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- front, front-i, 2r:21v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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