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Ext 329/43(1) ‘SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’ [‎34r] (68/93)

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The record is made up of 1 file (44 folios). It was created in 28 Oct 1947-7 Apr 1949. 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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Inward Telegram to Commonwealth Relations Office
ALLOTTED TO EXTERNAL
CODE
ERCM: POLITICAL i^ESIDEIfT IN THE PE ASIAN GULF
D. 15» p*m* Ath December 19^7
R. 8*15 p.m, Ath :mb er 1 9A7
No. 127*
In continuation of'iry telegram 1220 November 25th*, exchange
control.
2. Reference paragraph No.3* I now find that instructions issued by
this 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. and Reserve Bank of India, to the effect that recommendation
certificates were required before letters of credit were opened, or sales
of foreign, exchange made for imports of food stuffs into Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
have been interpreted in Koweit an applying to imports of food stuff
from sterling area as well as from soft currency countries* It is now
clear to me from correspondence that restriction was only intended to
apply to import of food stuff from soft currency?- countries*
3 * I will leave matters as they one until I receive a reply to
paragraph A of my telegram under reference.
A. I would welcome absence of restriction on imports of food stuffs
I from sterling area. I would point out that this will obably mean
that it will be unnecessary for Gulf stales, or at any rate Koweit
and Bahrein, to obtain any sugar from India, as I understand adequate
supplies, of sugar can now b e imported more cheaply from United Kingdom,
c.f. my telegram 1236 November 27th, This has much to commend it,
if there is no objection on United Kingdom side, as I understand that
India is short of sugar.

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The file is concerned with replacing sugar previously obtained by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) from India with sugar supplied from the United Kingdom; sugar production in India and Pakistan had fallen following the end of the Second World War (1939-1945).

The main correspondents are: the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. (William Rupert Hay), officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office (Eion Pelly Donaldson, Francis Anthony Kitchener Harrison, and R I Hallows), officials of the Ministry of Food (B A Forester), and officials of the Treasury (H A G Gill).

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

The subject Ext 329/43 (Supply of Food to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of three files: IOR/L/PS/12/786-788.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; 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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