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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. ,
Whitehall,
, S.W.l.
Ext.5907/43-
3rd Noveni)er 19^-3*
I «a directed by the Secret^' of State
for India to refer to Foreign Office
Letters No. K 1188^/10163/23^ of 28th
September and No. K 12972/10163/234 of
26th October regarding the grant of dearness
allowances to certain staff serving in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and to enclose a further
telegram froin the Government of India,
No.9053 of 23rd October, fron which it will
be seen that they have provisionally
sanctioned the continuance of the allowances
up to the end of February 1944*
Subject to the concurrence of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
to the acceptance of a moiety of the
divisible expenditure involved as a charge
upon Imperial revenues, the Secretary of
State for India proposes to approve •the
Government of India* s action and to
authorise than to continue the allowances
in question for an indefinite period after
February 1944 subject to there being no
mate ial decrease in the cost of living.
A oopy of tills letter is being sent to
the Treasury.
I am. Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under Secretary Sgd. R. FSEL*
of State,
Foreign Office.