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'File 8/2 Smuggling of Gold' [‎62r] (123/488)

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The record is made up of 1 file (242 folios). It was created in 6 May 1940-20 Mar 1946. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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office of the loiiticai iieeiuei.t
in the Pereian Ouif»
BAhillAlH 9 XDth Haroit lW4y.
»ron - ?ha Hon*)>l* l.l«ut.-Ool. V.R. Kay,
J^olitioel leeicient in the Feraian Vulf,
To • The Seoretary to the 'Jovomnont of indie
in Uie External Affaire Po^artmentt Mee PeXhi*
— — - —- — — — ^ w w
Poiitioai Agent» hahrain'e ixpreaa better Ho*0/2wa t dated
i^th Maroh le42 v to the PoXitioal Heeldent t 1 enoloeare*
PoXitieeX Agent, Ku«ait f a Xetter xo«a/X09«-B/2, dated 7th
February X942, to the Collector of Cuetoae, laraolii.
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwaiti Xetter xo.2b-B/2 9 dated the 7th
February X942, to IUH. The Ttuler of hueait.
K«H« The Jluler of Kuwait*e Xetter Ha,H/6/16 f J3, dated the
9th Feoruary 1942, to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait,
v^'
Sir,
With reference to your tclogruia ho,X2hb, bated the 19th
February 1942, X iiare the honour to forward herewith oopiee of the
marginally noted
oewusun teat lone and
to etate that 1
have recently
dleoueeed the move-
men ta of gold and Oliver with Hie Kajeety 9 e Ambaoeador, haghcad.
Hie Uaoeety*e ktlnieter^ Jedda and the Political Agents, Bahrain
end J&uwait,
2, The eallent facte arc as follawei-
(a) a continuous stream of gold Is being exported from
Haudi Arabia to Iraq, and
(b) there is a oontinuoue drain of rupee coins from
Hunr&in and Kuwait,
With regard to la) it *>**»% l think be aaoa«ed moot of
tiie gold exported from Baud! Arabia came originally from indie in
the shape of remittances in gold made to the Saudi Arabian govern
ment, It is also believed that large quantities bf gold ere being
smuggled out of indie mostly from the Kathiawar coast. This
smuggled gold probably reaches Iraq direct or via Kuwait and there
appear« to be no good reason why it should travel via Saudi Arabia.
4* The rupee coins which leave Bahrain and Kuwait in such
large quantities are it ie believed used for t)ie purchase of gold
from Saudi Arabia, Tho situation is such in Kuwait tnat rupee
notes are on).y accepted in the basaar at a discount of two annas
in the rupee. The branch of the imperial Bank of Iran whieh has
recently been established there but which has not yet been opened

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This file contains general correspondence, surveillance, and intelligence reports pertaining to the smuggling of gold between India and the Middle East by way of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly through Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait, and the British consular staff in Baghdad, as well as 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. in Bushire. Of note are documents that track efforts to identify smugglers' methods and intermediary networks. Other documents trace gold and currency prices between various Gulf and Indian Ocean ports by British officials in order to ascertain the profitability of various smuggling routes.

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1 file (242 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 244; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-243; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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