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Coll 17/27 'Iraq. Medical services' [‎12r] (23/88)

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The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1936-8 Jun 1936. 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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1 7 6 2 11 **--:!®* .^IG”, g.w.i.
Wo. 139
m, (C' i033/562/*)3)
9th March, 1936.
Sir,
On receipt of Your Excellency # 8 telegram No. 34
of 31st January, in vhich you rei>irteO that the Iraqi
Oovernraent had invited the esoiatence of His Majesty ? s
Government in engaging an expert, with experience of public
health organisation in some country where conditions are
similar to those of Ire*, to organize the health service in
Iraq, I invitei the interested departments of His Majesty 1 e
Government and the High Oowaiesibber in Kgypt to suggoet
the nomeo of suitable candidhtes.
2* The reply ot the Colonial Ofiice, fecomrneuding
Dr. R. Jiriercliffe, C.M.G., 0.b.K*, and proposing the terms
on which he should serve, ms communicated to your Chancery
in Kastorn Department 's letter iio« K 811/532/93 of
20th February. The Colonial Office have since agreed that
the honorarium to be asked for in the case of Dr. brieroliffe
should be ‘lOo a :ionth end not C125 as stated in their letter
of 13th February. > irthormore it has been ascertained that
the phrase in paragraph 3 of that lettex* ^travelling and
M subsistence expenses for lae joux*aey to and from Iraq and
"during the period oi uuty* , is not to be interpreted to mean
that i*r, driercliffe will require the refund of his subsistence
expenses during the v hole of his period of duty i.e* even
when not travelling. The phrase is intended to mean that
tho Iraqi Government Ghoul! refund tc him the out-of-pocket
travelling and subsistence expenses which he may incur during
his
His kxcellenuy
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, iwG.iuG.,
etc., etc. , etc.*
Bagdad.

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The file contains papers relating to the desire of the Government of Iraq to engage an expert for a few months to reorganise the health service of Iraq (and the subsequent decision of the Iraqi Government not to proceed with the recruitment of this expert).

The papers mostly consist of 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. internal correspondence, 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, copy correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor of Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and copy correspondence between the Foreign Office and the following: HM Embassy at Baghdad, HM Representative at Cairo, and the Colonial Office.

The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (41 folios)
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The papers are arranged in 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 44; 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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