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File 1283/1913 Pt 4 'Mesopotamia Trade British Trade Corporation Mission’ [256r] (237/254)
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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Department of Overseas Trade
(Oreitral Section)
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.
.
With reference to your memorandum P.2592 of
the 17th July regarding a proposed commercial mission
to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and Mesopotamia, I am directed
to enclose herewith a copy of a letter addressed to
this Department by the War Office, stating that the
General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamia, has
no objection to the proposed visit.
I am to add that upon receipt of a notification
from the War Office regarding a reply from the General
Officer Commanding in India, the Department of Overseas
r
Trade will at once infom
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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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