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FORBES FORBES CAMPBELL & C? L T ?
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, CL|VE,”C AN N ON, LONDON.
TELEPHONE . C ITY 3304-.
LONDON, LIVERPOOL,
>' BOMBAY, KARACHI.
TELEPHONE . C ITY 3304-.
The Under-Secretary of State for India,
India Office,
Whitehall, S.W. .1
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Sir,
re MESOPOTAMIA .
Before the War we had under consideration the ad-
visability of opening Agencies at one or two of the principal
ports in the Persian Gulf in order to protect our business connec
tions between Persia and Afghanistan and our old-established
offices in Bombay and Karachi. The matter was deferred on the
outbreak of War and now the whole question has assumed much larger
proportions in consequence of the favourable military achieve-
ments in kesopotamia.
met adequately by the formation of a special subsidiary Company
with a capital of its own, as the possibilities for trade develop
ment in that part of the world appear to be considerable.
resources with a paid up capital of £50,000 to commence with if
we can make an arrangement with the Inland Revenue for meeting our
liabilities to the Treasury for Excess Profits by means of de-
Our present view is that the situation can only be
We are prepared to form such a Company from our own