‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎52r] (103/194)

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(b) Persia^ trade y'ith ene my^co untries - Detailed statistics
of excort and import trade of Persia witn enemy co'jntries during
the period 21st February to 20th March 1942 as shown in the Customs
Monthly Bulletin No.150 published by the Persian Ministry
Finance, are given in Appendix I .
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(c) Persia supplyi ng oil 'to Afg hanistan ? - A le
7.9.1942 from Burman-Shell Oil Co., Ltd., Karachi, to
Iranian Oil Co., Khuzistan, -.Abadan, reads as follows
"Reports reaching us here indicate that large quantities of
petrol are being imported into Afghanistan from the Herat siae.
Supplies from Russia ceased some time ago and it would there
fore appear that these supplies are coming fronglran, and we
should'welcome any information you can give us,'
• (d) Persian suspect firm’s connections_with_Inaia - G-iven below
are conies of two telegrams wEicK show the nature of the business
connections'which ’Akhavan 1 of Teheran has with India, This firm
may be the same as H.M.Hussein Akhavan and Son which is a suspect
firm and is proposed to be placed on the Statutory idst shortly.
I. Telegram_dated_10 JL 9 JL 1942_f rom_Akhavsn J ._T§h^ran J ._to_R^za ; kzad^,
Kara ch i - licence number 255 for 400 cases tea in*name Ahmed Akhavan
from Central Supply.Committee, Teheran, wired to Indfan G-oyernment ■
we informed Tejaretkhaneh Akhavan, Bombay, to ta^ke action for ship
ment 200 cases'tea Sharkate.
Hussein ilk ha van? - Referring your telegraphs ministry r ar Transport
states Fas no intimation stop about export licence of tea ana sugar ^
referred to Delhi stop Shipment to Khorramshahr and Bushire unallowea
unless sanctioned by Ministry ¥ar Transport Basrah but trying for
permit to ship Khorramshahr stop shipped Bunderabbas 286 cases tea
and 100 - 50 cases Salamat stop Interseas Corporation demand creait
for towels do you allow shipment pending opening of Credit stop
50000 not received.’ ^
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Transjt trade thro ugh Irao -.No useful information relating
It trade through Iraq is available from interceptions-seen
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to trans*~ —
in the Bureau during the
period under review.
2. 14seell ane o us -
(a) Charcoal, gr a insacks, p i scegoods , A _rBI_cpttpn^,!ice^.. _
turmefic. gh ee, soap, matches and bo l ack pe pper - Large qrders tor t
goods were placed by Adamali Noorbhoj Halai, Basrah, with. Noorbhai
Alibhai Halai t Sons, Karachi.
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(b) Cold - gmuggled from Ir aq to a diacent_countries - ihe
flowing is an extract from a confidential report on tne working
|’ r—~ q from 24.11.41 •-- ^ ^
astern Bank, Kar
of the exchange control in Iraq from 24.11.41 to 31,5.42 forwarded
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by Dastern Bank,
Baahdav
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"COLD. Schedule , C’dfig ur es of- the Licences
of the importation of gold into Iraq since 2
granted in respect
t ±th November.1941.
14th ir-aa^s very. long land frontier, it is almost impossible
to check smuggling and there is very little doubt that.much oi .
the gold imported is subsequently smuggled to surrounding countries,
particularly Turkey and Iran where. the price, at the present
time-presents a wide margin of profit. As much.pt the go la was
coming, from Bahrain the authorities there assisted by prohioiting
the export of gold except under licence.and although this.wouia
appear to have had the aesired effect as far as Bahrain, is concern
ed", it is now becoming apparent.-that the previous Bahrain trace