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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [53v] (106/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1942-5 May 1943. 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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PART III-A.
Summary of information relating to activities of enemy ? neutral
and Allied countries.
(i) Switzerland .
Shortage of su^ar and use of powdered eggs in Switzerland - A
letter dated 1.6,1942 from H.S. 'Fawer 9 ,C/o. Conf.Fah, Davos 1 9
Switzerland^ to A.F. Bombeli, C/o. Davico's Ltd. ? Simla ? .(seen in the
Bureau recently) referred to the shortage of sugar in Switzerland 9
and efforts made to find substitutes' for it. Every means were being
tried to make sugar go a long- Way by using sucro milk 9 glucose 9 honey
and ginger sugar. Ginger sugar was described as a kind of fruit sugar 9
brought from Bratislava. It was white and looked and tasted like
artificial honey. Sucro milk was made of ginger sugar and skimmed
milk and looked like milky molasses. The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
further stated that
a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
for production of wood sugar was going to be finished at
Ems (Germany). It was said that 450 kgs, sugar could be obtained^
from 1000 kgs, wood and while this was probably an exaggerated es^i-
mate 9 hope was expressed that something would be produced thereby
securing the sugar supply. Reference was also made to the use of
fresh frozen and powdered, eggs. The powdered eggs were made of milk
or other similar albumens 9 whereas the'frozen eggs came from Hungary.
(ii) Turkey .
( a ) Hides from India - following is a copy of a telegram dated
16.9.1942 from Consul General? Galata? to Customs 9 Karachi;-
"Guarantees obtained 150 tons hides Bechir and Chefik Hariri
Istanbul from Ra-lTi Brothers Karachi."
(b) Suga r b ags from India for Turkey, Syria and Egypt - In a
letter dated 15.8.1942 (seen in the^ureau during the week under
report) to the Overseas Trading Co.? Lucknow? Peter Solarijl? Cherif
Pacha Street? Alexandria? after discussing the possibility of ordering
sugar bags to be sent to Syria the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
confirms a cable order for
50 bales of sugar bags on account of M/s Totah Chamtob & Co, of
Alexandria and also states;- -
"I' have also enquiries for TURKISH 'PORTS (Fersina-Alexandretea).
but you need to sell with NAVICERTS. Buyers in Turkey will
assume the task to arrange for the cabling of the UNDERTAKING
in Calcutta? through the British Consulate in Turkey. Please 1
go exhaustively into this matter? because there are large
enquiries for Turkish Ports? mainly.in SUGARBAGS & HESSIANS/TENS."
(c) Goods for Turkey cannot be sent via Basrah - Given below is
a copy^of a telegram dated 16.9.1942 frdm Kackinnon Fackenzie? Karachi?
to Moreno Algranti? B.P.297? Istanbul;-,
"Yours tenth under instructions Ministry cannot now ship cargo
for Turkey via Basrah telegraph if ,we..may ship via Suez."
(iii) U. S. A .
Scrap, metals from India for U.S.A. - The following extract from
a letter from Dilsizian Inc,? New York? to Vahan Dilsizian? Connemara
Hotel? Madras? dated 7.8.1942?is of interest;-
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The file comprises: 1) copies of extracts, or complete copies of, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade War Bureau reports, numbered 29 to 37, and issued weekly and dated between 15 August 1942 and 2 November 1942; 2) copies of correspondence concerning the re-export trade from the Arab Coast, chiefly from Dubai to Persia [Iran] and other countries.
The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade War Bureau reports are arranged by country (Persia, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Dubai) and by subject or commodity (sugar, tea, cotton, etc.). They contain extracts and intelligence gleaned from intercepted mail and telegraphic correspondence, chiefly from merchants but also from newspapers and other organisations, and report on a range of subject matter related to trade, including: suspected or known cases of smuggling, fictitious orders used to increase quotas, and the re-export trade from Dubai. Some of the reports contain intelligence relating to wartime developments in Europe, which is struck through in red or blue pencil. The final report in the file (ff 76-87) contains statistical tables showing trade in various commodities between India and the key ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Correspondence related to the re-export trade from Dubai chiefly takes place between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), 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. at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), and the 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. Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Saiyid ‘Abd al-Razzaq), and discusses the reasons behind the flourishing re-export trade from Dubai, methods of limiting the re-export trade, stock levels of sugar in the Gulf.
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- 1 file (95 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 92-93) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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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 95; 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. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-94; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- ‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
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- front, front-i, 2r:52r, 53v:56v, 58v:65r, 66r:71r, 74r:78v, 80r:96v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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