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s^ar please refer to mentioned committee ship 500 tons sugar .to-
Khorramshahr immediately wire result will extend credit 11 price
changed will accept please telegraph amount value 500 tons sugar
will open rest wire result stop obuained expprt permit alsoior
several thousand tons telegraph what ouantities which price can you
offer c.i.f. Khorramshahr. M
But from another interception /telegram dated 29.8.42 from^
Ghazanfar Mov/la, Karachi, (with whom most of the recent praers ^c ro , ,
placed), to (i) Hassan-Hashemi*-(ii) Mahmood Laieverdi* (ill) Behdashty
Bros., (iv) Abbas Sarrafian, (v) Tedjarati Syndicate, (vi) Diafar
Akhavan, (vii) Arzoam'anian Bro'S., of Tehera^i/it appears thaiAne
Government of India had not been approached by the Central Supplies
Committee in connection with export licences. The following is a
copy of the telegram referred to abovej- • - m
’’Reference sugar licence we approached Indian authorities at
Delhi but they have no instructions from Teheraii telegraph
urgently exact address to whom Central Supplies Committee have
telegraphed.”
(iii) Suga r position in Persia " The following is an extract
from a letter dated 201?.42 irom Adolphe Brasseur, B.P.26, Teheran,
to Leon Brasseur,1676 Street, Nev; York:- . /■
”Sugar: The Societe d’ Avances from Egypt answered me: Aaolphe
Brasseur, Teheran, Sugar Egypte can sell nothing. On the other
hand Dabir, whom 1 rang up, told me that no orders had been
placed with the U.S.A. since the first, about which you know.
It is likely that Government y/ill reduce the ration, 1 but there
are enough big stocks .of crystallised sugar, imported from
India, 'which is being xk sold now at the rate of 22-23 xinld
per iikink I have written to you that Chaoul saw at the ’’Currency
Commission” a sugar permit of’ % 20.000 for Laad, but he could
not see. the name, of the supplier.” (Previous ref: item 13 on page
7 of Report No.10).
extract from
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a letter dated 4.4.8,42 from Khoja Gulamaliy Mohamedali, Rajkot
(Kathiawar), to Mohamed Alii Bhai Jammalbhai, c/o Karim Jammalbhai,
iadan, reads as follov/s :-
’’The Rajkot State authorities have prohibited the export of sugar,
rice, cement and food-grain, and it is *aaid that they are going
to prohibit . the export of other things' too. Export of matches
from Veraval (Kathiawar) is already stopped. It is rumoured th^t
all the States are going to impose ax ban on the export of
goods from their territpries. Export is permissible only if we
have a permit from Delhi, where we have to apply before shipping
any goods.”
• (b) Job for Adolp he Bra sseur of Teheran w ith. T the_Brrtish_^pnsulate-
The following extract from a letter bated 11.7.42 from .Adolphe
Brasseur, Teheran, to Leon Brasseur, 16 76 ..Street, New
York,is of interest :-
”Employment: The i'ob with the British Consulate _ has been decided
ana I think that 1 shall leave in two days. It is rather_tiresome
. and difficult work, namely to discover wheat which is being
hidden and that is almost impossible and may become dangerous,
as also the task of stopping prevarications. I told Squires that
I am perhaps the least Dad Tor this job and that I do not promise
to succeed absolutely but I shall do my best. Anyhow, 600 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per month in our present position cannot be refused. It is true
that this is'only for 2 or 3 months, but from now till then,
God is great."