File 1283/1913 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia Trade British Trade Corporation Mission’ [230r] (185/254)
The record is made up of 126 folios. It was created in 28 May 1918-8 Apr 1920. 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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GRAIN DEPA RT MENT, /ij*
STRAUSS & CO. Ltd.
AND AT
SAN FRANCISCO (California).
PORTLAND (Oregon).
NEW YORK (U.S.A.).
KARACHI (India.).
Inland Telegraphic Address :
"OJEAS, BOROH. LONDON. ’
Foreign Telegraphic Address •
^JEAS, LONDON.”
Telephone:-HOP 4940 <2 lines).
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London, s.e ^ eoerater 1918
\ 68, BOROUGH HIGH STREET.
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gentlemen.
We spoke on the telephone this morning with Mr. Tompkins
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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.
, who requested us to write to you regarding the
prospective visit of our Manager in Karachi, to Basra and Mahommerah,
and the lower parts of the Euphrates Valley.
Our Manager at Karachi, Mr. H. J. Casey, is expecting
shortly to return to Europe on furlough, but before doing so, we wish
him to visit the above named places, with a view to our opening a
business trading House there, in connection with our Karachi House.
Mr. Casey, writing to us from Karachi under date October 11th
indicates that it may be necessary that he should obtain special per
mission and a Passport through 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.
, London, and in case
this is necessary, we will be glad to know if you can kindly grant such
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Passport, and also if you could, in case of necessity, cable to India
that such Passport had been granted, as Mr. Casey would probably be
arranging this visit for the middle or latter part of this month.
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Part 4 of the volume (folios 138-264) contains exchanges of correspondence, mainly between officials at 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 Foreign Office and the Department of Overseas Trade in London. They discuss whether or not to approve proposals submitted to them by the British Trade Corporation, the Scottish Mesopotamia Corporation Limited and several other British companies who wished to send trade missions to Baghdad, Basra and elsewhere in the region, to investigate commercial opportunities.
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- Thorpe, Samuel Knowles
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