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'File 14/4 Visits of Japanese representatives and agents' [9r] (17/86)
The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1936-4 Oct 1939. 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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3 .
£.nd, on his pressing for help, said that it was not really
for me to advise in such matters but that I-if he
v/ere to approach Ha^i Yusuf bin Ahmad Kanoo vlao had experience
of shipping
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
work, I did not suppose that any difficulty
would arise. I suggested him (over whom we have influence) as
it seemed impolitic to refuse Mr. Ohba f s company an
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and
it was undesirable that the Bahrain Customs Department should
undertake the loading and discharge of such steamers. Mr. Ohba
thanked me and went off to offer his
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to iiaji Yusuf bin
Ahmad Kanoo (actually to Haji Jasim Kanoo as Haji Yusuf is on
the Pilgrimage). I understand that the Kmoos* were doubtful
at first whether their commitments with other Japanese firms
allowed their taking the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for the M itsui Bussan Kaisha,
but an examination of their various undertakings showed that
they were not precluded from doing so. The Bahrain Government
granted them permission to take up the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
3# I understand from Mr. Ghba trict his ships are coming
up the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
chiefly because his firm have got a contract
to deliver to the Iranian Government at Bandar Shapur 5,000
tons of cement a month (for how long is not clear). His agents
in Kuwait are Haji Muhammad Behbehani and Sons and in Basrah
the African and Eastern and Near East Limited. His firm wish
to send tankers to Bahrain within the next three months for oil
(l have heard of this from another source) and negotiations to
that end are proceeding in London. I rather think that the
tankers were the reason for his pressing desire to get an
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
settled and possibly accounted for his first wheedling
the Director of Customs, who he thought was standing in his
way, and then threatening him with the wrath of the Japanese
Government•
9. Local opinion (except no doubt the Khun^i family)
thinks that the Bahrain Government have done well to refuse
/the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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The file contains notes, memoranda, and correspondence relating to the visits and treatment of Japanese and Italian subjects and agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the British Ministry at Jeddah, 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. in London, the Home and Foreign Departments of the Government of India, and representatives of Imperial Airways Limited in Sharjah.
The file covers the following matters:
- The visit of Mr Ohba, agent of the Japanese company Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, to Bahrain in February 1939, his attempts to secure a local shipping agent, and his subsequent visit to Sharjah;
- A tour of Saudi Arabia made by the Japanese Minister at Cairo in March 1939, and his request that two members of his staff also visit Kuwait and Bahrain, which was subsequently refused by the British Government;
- The movements of Kawamura (alias Muto), a Japanese Muslim convert engaged in anti-British activities in China;
- The treatment to be accorded to Italian and Japanese subjects in India and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at the start of the Second World War, when both countries still declared to be neutral.
The file contains (folios 24-25) a report from the Ministry at Jeddah on the Japanese Minister's visit to Saudi Arabia and includes details on agreements and proposals made between both countries relating to commerce, communism, and oil.
At the back (folios 39-42) are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (41 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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. Two additional sequences are also present between ff 2-38 and ff 39-42 respectively; these sequence are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 14/4 Visits of Japanese representatives and agents'
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- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 12r:42v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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