PZ 701/1935 Question of Continuance of Pension of Naoum Abbo of Basra [12r] (32/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1935-6 Jun 1935. 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
on this subject, please quote
lo -K 2610/2408/293
and address—
not to any person by name,
but to—
‘ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
Sir,
It
1 £ ; i H
Foreign Office.
S.W.l.
30th March, 1935.
IV,
With reference to Mr*. Laithwaite's semi-official
letter PZ 1207/35 of February 22nd regarding Mr. Naoum Ahho
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to transmit
herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for Indi
a copy of a letter from Messrs. Mackrell, Ward, and Knight,
together with a copy of Colonial Office letter 20355/23 of
April 26th, 1923, and a copy of a document, dated July 1919
which was forwarded to the Prime Minister by Mr. Abbo on
October 14th, 1925.
2. A draft of the reply which it is proposed to send
to Messrs. Mackrell is also enclosed and I am to enquire
whether Sir Samuel Hoare concurs in its terms. The
concurrence of the Colonial Office is also being sought
and the observations of His Majesty's Ambassador at Bagdad
are being invited.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient 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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The file contains correspondence relating to the issue of whether a pension paid from 1918 to 1923 to Mr Naoum Abbo of Basra, an Iraqi national, should be continued.
The correspondence includes:
- Letters and copies of letters between 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. and Mackrell, Ward and Knight, including a copy of a letter to the Secretary, 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. , dated 29 January 1935 (folio 13), stating that their client, resident in Baghdad, is interested the request of Abbo - who the letter states was employed by the British Consul at Basra as Chief Dragoman for approximately fourteen years up to the outbreak of the First World War, and four years thereafter in the Political Department of the Government of India – for continuance of a pension paid to him from 1918.
- Correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office regarding Abbo’s case, including letters from 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. to the Foreign Office enclosing copies of correspondence between 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. and Mackrell, Ward and Knight, and correspondence from the Foreign Office to 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. enclosing copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Mackrell, Ward and Knight. This correspondence includes a copy of a letter from D.J. Scott, Foreign Office, to Mackrell, Ward and Knight, dated 3 June 1935 (folio 2), in which it is stated that the question of the continuance of Naoum Abbo’s pension is solely one for the Iraqi government.
The file also includes copies of earlier papers relating to the case, dated 23 March 1915 to 26 April 1923.
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- 1 file (42 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 42; these numbers are written in pencil, 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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- PZ 701/1935 Question of Continuance of Pension of Naoum Abbo of Basra
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1Ar, 1Av, 1r:12v, 15r:29v, 31r:31v, 34r:35v, 37r:37v, 42r:42v, back-i
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