‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎21v] (42/194)

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tea with its ordinary ouota and the art s.ilk piecegoods purchased
are ready for the purpose 0 As a rule the order ought to come
from the source where the goods are to be shipped. You are
therefpre requested, on receiving this letter to cable me as
you think beat for the above mentioned goods to be shipped
tq Dubai, so that it may be a document and we are not faced
with any difficulty to^ ship them, otherwise the purchased goods
will be a loss to us„ You must not mind any expenses that are
incurred nor should you'disclose anything to anybody about
them , • ' • ,
(ni) Persljin_merchant_desires_tea_tp be_desnatched from Cal cutta
tO-hBia ; phi_on_his__accpunt - In a letter dated 2.8,42 to MulcEand
Chanderohan, Karachi llohd. Hassan Shirafat, Shiraz, thanked addressee
for his trouble in obtaining the licence-for 400 chests of tea" and
stated but I found a more suitable way of utilizing the transaction.
I, have, wired you to place an order for 400 chests :-oi tea to Delaver-
knan oi Calcutta to book same in your name for my a/c and instruct
them to send the documents to Karachi." The motive behind this
transaction is not clear. • - ! '
ty) T^Bj^X-^-StatutorY,listed, fir m in Persia - In their letter
aatea 11.8 a 42 to the Imperial "Bank of Iran, Tabriz, Persia#which was.
intercepted at Karachi on 21,8.42 and released, Lloydb Bank Ltd.,
Calcutta;, enclosed At Sight Bills for Es.18,000/- and R5.15,000/-
Drawers, Messrs Iran Trading Co c , Drawees, Ali Miskerzadeh and Bros.,
Tabriz,and Hail Mohd. Ali Shalchi, Tabxiz, on account of tea 304
chests^ and 25o chests respectively, despatched by Railway to Zahedan
via Nokknndi.- ■ vAjc
•x, Miskerzadeh & Bros,, have been placed on the statutory list
with effect from ; 28.8.1942 ••(.'already-reported: ; by telegram).
r ^ • ( v 4 r) Paghdad_firm_interested in obtaini ng tea for Per sia from
lubia - The following .is an extract from a letter dated •5578742
from Hiralal Raichana & Co., Bombay, to M/s David Heskel. Murad, Post
Box No,90,•Baghdad: • 1 '
calo l e . 0 f , 19th instant you asked us to book 12,000 lbs
1/10 costfreight Khorramshahr, this we had to refuse and
telegraphed you that our final price costfreight Khorramshahr
was Ro.1/12 as we have to undergo here lot of expenses. So far
there is no reply from you c Moreover in our-cable of 20th we
have informed you that against your order of 30,000 lbs booked
for Khorramshahr i.e. 18,000 and 12,000 lbs, we are shr
to 7°/ in all 33,000-lbs as we hold Tea Export -‘Licence for. ' :
oOO cnests each of 110-lbs packing and we cannot alter this
under any circumstances. Total amount of Export Permit wen /
obtained for Iranian Ports was 7-,500 chests but finding that
you.are slow to book^orders for Iran, we had to sell - our Export
Permits at fair premiums, but we have reserved for you a'
quantity notifiea previously 1 and in case we do not receive your
orders in time, we shall have to sell this reserved quantiLy also
so please do not delay to book Iran Orders."
B. IRAQ • j
1. Transit_.trade_ihrough_Xraq - The latest position of this
trade is shown in Appendix I.
- „ (a). SfiUgn-- af£sr_ijLA^Turki 9 'b.fir mltQ_a. 'P,S.A. f irm - A letter
fnom^ A.R.Barki & Co., Izmir, to Mr r Nathan Hurwitz, 4504 18th Street,
Washington, dated 7*7.42.. stated that the writers had friends in
Iraq who wished them to sell cotton on their account, and that they
would therefore like to olfer the addressee 2,000 tons Iraqi cotton,
which would be shipped frcm Basrah.