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Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit' [9v] (18/42)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 15 Jun 1942-7 Apr 1943. 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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Shipping fP ace a £g is now so res tide ted that it is
no longer possible to/M-th equanimity shipment of goods for
Bombay or Karachi for transhipment to
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
destinations.
This shipping aspect of U.K./P.G. trade is at present under
investigation with the Ministry of Tar Tr&nsport* Jt is, however,
solely the shipping aspect which we are looking at and not
import control machinery in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
States. On the
latter question I should like to suggest that instead of the
code proposed in your draft as a guide to exchange control
authorities, Political Agents should use the grading for orders
wmeh has been suggested as suitable for Afghanistan and Nepal,
see External Collection 23/77 viz. Category A meaning essential,
category 3 meaning that the goods should be supplied and shipped
if possible. Category C meaning that no facilities are advised.
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The file consists primarily of letters between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 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. and HM Treasury about a Swiss application to send watches to Kuwait. The Foreign Exchange Control and the Local Government accept the Swiss application and the watches are imported to Kuwait.
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- 1 file (18 folios)
- Arrangement
The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/791
- Title
- Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence