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File 1283/1913 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia Trade British Trade Corporation Mission’ [255r] (235/254)
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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COPY OP LETTISH PROM
WAR OPFICR
LONDON, S.W.l
121/T rad e/1373.1.1.6
26th September 1913
Sir
With reference to your D.O.T. 37589 relative
to the proposed ComiDeroial Mission to the Persian
Gulf and Mesopotamia, and in continuation of my
letter of the 3rd August, I.am commanded by the Army
Council to inform you that a telegram has been received
from India to the effect that the General Officer
Commanding in Mesopotamia having agreed, no military
objection is entertained to the proposed visit. The
Chief of th*» General Staff, India, adds that it is
presumed that the Secretary of State ^iH» if necessary,
refer the Commercial aspect of the visit to tne
Government of India*
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Sgd. B.B. Cubitt
The Comptroller General,
Department of Overseas Trade,
73, Basinghall Street,
E.O.
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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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