File 1283/1913 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia Trade British Trade Corporation Mission’ [234r] (193/254)
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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Any further communication jsl
addressed to —
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
at the address given opposite.
The following letter and number should
be quoted:--
C.R.T. 8020. ___
Telegraphic Address:
COLASTA, LONDON.
Telephone No.: 3840 Victoria.
board of trade
(COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES
DEPARTMENT),
b\ GWYDYR HOUSE,
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^ WHITEHALL,
— LONDON, S.W.1.
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; ; 8
6th Novenibe r, 1918,
''"’with reference to your letter P.4,51 of the 19th October.
transmitting a copy of a letter from iessrs. Forbe
„ + reaardiiK the development ol
Campbell and Company Limited regaraiu.
British trade in Mesopotamia. I am directed oy the oar
Trade to state that Messrs. Forbes are a Company of
undoubted standing and respectability and that the Boar
concur in the tenor of the reply which Mr. Secretary
Montagu proposes to return to their letter.
A copy of this letter is being sent to the Foreign
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t ( 7 NOV 1918/ *
I have the honour to be,
Sir
Your oloeclient Servant,
The Under Secretary of State,
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.
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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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