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DEPARTMENT C5^ OA ERSEAS TRADE
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Any communication respecting
this matter should be addressed to The
Comptroller-General, quoting :—
° 5
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35, Old Queen Street,
London, S.W.l.
Sir,
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i. I am directed to acknowledge tn^-^c-effix ol
your letter P. 545 of 22nd March enclosing a modified
version of the Report on the prospects of British Irade
in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf by Messrs. Holland
and Wilson.
2. This Department is, however^of opinon that,
in the circumstances, it would be desirable at tnis
date to await the receipt of more recent information from
Mesopotamia/ and for this reason it is not proposed to
circulate the modified version in this country.
3.1 am to add this Department is most grateful for
M'r. Secretary Montagu 1 s action in instructing the Civil
Commissioner, Bagdad, to prepare a new report.
0^
he Under Secretary of
^tate for India,
Political Dept.,
India Office,
/ London. S.W.l.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
For the Comptroller-General.