‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎56v] (112/194)

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goods from foreign countries.
This Committee will servo two purposes, - (l) to form an
estimate of the articles needed.and' the countries from which
these can be imported and if necessary to communicate with
them telegraphically for the sale of these articles; and (2)
to provide facilities and arrange'means of transport for the
above goods either by sea or land. Each commodity will be allotted
xx a special No. and the seller on being informed of this No.
by the importer, will arrange to send the goods by whichever
means available to him for Persia, Since the No. will be- : allotted
by the Customs authorities of the country of origin, no restric
tions will be placed pn its export i.e, the export permit will
be given immediately the goods'are presented for shipment. "
1. Alansif_iradg_f hrough Iraq -No useful information relating
to transit trade- through Iraa is available from interceptions seen
m the Bureau during the period under review*
during
'2, Misc el l aneo us
N (a) Coffee - In a letter dated 5.8.42 (seen recently in the
Bureau) to Tanganyika G-eneral Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Box 40, Bukoba, Meir Heskel
Murad, P.u t B 0 11, Baghdad, stated as follows i 1 **
^In view/of the stoppage of imports of coffee from the Dutch
past Indie,s there exists a golden opportunity for you to intro
duce your coffee into Iraq ’undeterred,
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."/i 11.you please let us have by return air mail your lowest
prices m pounds sterling preferably CIF Basrah or B.aghdad,
together ..with representative samples of the different grades
you can supply." .
(b) LjdB* - gniauiry^from B.aghdad - Coir Floor Furnishing Co.,
South Inaia, in pa* letter dated ^ 379,42 to Jacob Mectabian, Baghdad,
encioseo two^letiers from Continental Fjxport & Import Co. '(Madras)
irede unless exact u.zes ano grados were knov/n. These letters were in reply
nf ,W 0 el ? Q - u 3;, r y,- at ? u l t.mica made by Coir Floor Furnishing Co. on betelf
of i,i/s Jacob Lectabian, Chourja Bazar, Baghdad,
■ j 0+ ^ lamfi-orasrs from_BasrBh - In a letter
etc: 1 ^ stated tlatbhl^mucfdifficultfbhgfg^^^bleio 163 ’
India ob ^ ain 9X1 ex P or ^ licence more easily from the G-overnmont of
on Q Sii^i£^tr^-i:ijbfc^£_vulflaiia iijg rolls - From a. cable dated
2U.9.42 sent by Edward Abooay, Baghdad, to Edward Aboody, Bombay, it
appears that orders for good quantities of saltpetre and rubber
vulcanising rolls were received by the Indian firm,
± T -f ~ Thu following cable was s'ent by Saleh Sougui, Basrah,
to Jacob Snashoua, Bombay, on 19-9-42 ’
..Ship tea in three crafts proyi ^ed inside hull not over deck
try anyway to Basrah stop if • impossible ship Ehorraifishahr wire
. result name number-crafts and masters •insuring hare."
(7) _ Ati6mnt_to_^yoid„.restrictipns_pn exoort of millitarv
'SSPVigPfeaeiffiti: - 1 ” 8 iCTaro'cfed
stated as follows
G-ate, Baghdad, M. Azam & Bros., Ludhiana,
noto that now parcels for civilians or firms cannot be
1orwaided except addressed to Military Officers so please give us