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Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’ [‎58r] (115/813)

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The record is made up of 1 file (405 folios). It was created in 15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 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 to the External Department,
INDIA .OFFICE
ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT
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EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL)
From: Secretary of State for India,
To: 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. , Persian Oul
Repeated to: Political Agents at Kuwait, Muscat and Bahrein. +
Dated: 18th April, 1947»
No. E.1789/47.
Reference your express letter No. 533-S of 30th March
regarding cereals for Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States in which you ask
to be informed as soon as possible of the alternative
arrangements for the supply of such cereals after 30th June,
1947.
The Ministry of Food, who have been consulted, state that,
although their office in Cairo will be closed as from the
end of April, they v/ill be retaining their office at Basra
and that there v/ill be no change in the distribution
arrangements in that area. It will accordingly only be
necessary for you to ensure that the Ministry is kept aware
through this Office of the requirements of the Sheikhdoms and
promptly informed of any changes. (See in this connection
Secretary of State’s telegram No. 3425 of 14th March). The
annual quotas given in your letter fur the Sheikhdoms agree
with the Ministry’s records.
The amended figure for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. given in your
express letter No. 569 -S of 6th April has been passed on to
the Ministry of Food.
The issue of the above message has been duly authorised.

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The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to 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. ) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the minimum requirements of these states, sources of supply, and the availability of shipping.

Specific policy questions included in the file are: the search for alternative sources of cereals as a result of the ban on exports from India following the Bengal Famine of 1943-1944; the question of whether the British Government should subsidise Iraqi cereals supplied to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to match the price of cereals previously imported from India; the question of using oil tankers to ship wheat to Bahrain; and proposals for increases in the tea and sugar quotas for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States in order to facilitate barter trade with Persia [Iran].

The problem of global rice shortages also receives attention in the file; rice supplies to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. were completely cut off following the Indian export ban. This includes attempts to try to restore the supply of rice, such as an effort by the Gulf States to purchase rice from Persia in 1945. A note prepared by Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson on the dietary problems of the Bedouin of Kuwait and north-east Arabia resulting from the cessation of rice imports can be found on folios 136-140.

The main correspondents are as follows: 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. (Percy Gordon Loch, Charles Geoffrey Prior, and Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), officials of the Foreign Office, officials of 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. (from August 1947 the Commonwealth Relations Office), officials of the Middle East Supply Centre, officials of the Ministry of Food, officials of the Ministry of War Transport, officials of the Treasury, and representatives of the Government of India – in the Commercial, External, and Food departments respectively.

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 (405 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 foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 406; 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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