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Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit' [‎10r] (19/42)

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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Treasury Reference E.G. •..G^JLQ—
TEBASURY CHAMBERS,
GREAT GEORGE STREET,
LONDON, S.W.l.
6th February, 1943.
Dear Luraby,
Ivlany thanks for your letter of the 30th January about
Kuwait. We have passed the Swiss franc application which
started off this correspondence.
As to guidance for the future, I have been in consulta
tion with the Bank of England authorities on mechanics and
we have agreed to modify the procedure a little. Please see
the revised draft express letter enclosed.
Bahrein can be left out of the scheme since we have for
some time had arrangement*for their exchange applications
to be vetted by the Indian Control through the Reserve Bank
of India. The link between them is the Eastern Bank, which
has offices both in Bahrein and in Bombay. We would like
to leave this machinery undisturbed.
Muscat has not hitherto been a member of the sterling
area, and should also drop out unless you regard her as a
Protected State or in treaty relations with us like Kuwait,
or if for any other political reasons you would like th(H»^
to be included.
Loombe is in the best geographical position to give
occasional advice to these territories, but though a
British banker he is at present an Iraqi Government Servant.
So I have suggested in the draft letter that he Jbe consulted
only through H.M. Embassy, Bagdad.
Yours sincerely.
4
E.W.R. Lumby, Esq.,
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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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)
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The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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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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