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18 and 60 except the officials 9 the students and persons whose
profession serves the national interest. The municipalities will
register all persons subject to the decree. The administration
with the help of military authorities will post these persons
to various jobs connected with agriculture# forests, road making
•etc*
(iii) Belgium /
Belgian i ndustrial firms refuse to transfer operations and
technical staff to the Reich - Given below is an extract'from the
magazine \News from Belgium 1 Belgium Information Centre, New fork,
dated 23.511942;-
"Belgium Government sources reported today that seven Belgian
industrial construction firms had rejected initial requests
irom Germany to transfer their operations and techirkial staffs
. to the Reich to rebuild the Krupp Works at Essen damaged in
R.A.F. raids 0 n
ly) Sw itzer land.
Tea,from_C.e^loh - A letter dated 17.9,1942 from Volkart Bros.,
Colombo, oo Volkart Bros., Bombay, showed particulars of a substan
tial quantity of tea purchased for shipment to Switzerland at the
earliest opportunity.
(v$ T urkey
Hi des from_India - Below is quoted a copy of x±x telegram
dated 23.9.1942 from the Consul General, Galata, to Customs', Karachi;-
11 Guarantee obtained tons buffalo hides 25 tons ox hides M.Bechir
P .Chefik Hariri Istanbul frpm Fohamed Elmarzook Karachi,"
(Previous Ref; page 6 of Report No.32)
(vi) U. S. A .
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g«S±A. Govornmont's plan of pur c hasi ng goa tskins - Givan below
is an extract from a letter dated 18.8.1942 (.s 9 en in the Bureau
recently) from Bingham & Co.Inc,, 96 Wall Street, New York, to Hall
Maherbux .Moulabux & Sons, Karachij- \
"The goatsMn market is absolutely dead. There is no chance to
do any further business^until the Government purchasing plan
has seen completed. It is now in process ayid as a matter of fact
contract has already b\en shown to the
only slightly from the regular £xbki form
been issuing for your account^ Under the
men from the goatskin tanners/all over the
Goatskins will be purchased by Mr, J.J,
a tentative f-orm of
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. . This varies
of contract we have
proposed plan threp
world. All the India
Rentley of Surpass Leather Cc 0 with whom the writelyis quite
familiar and we are assured of considerable business for your
good selves once/the buying starts. While we are. on the subject
wo ask that you_kindly make arrangements to resehye a commission
1 or us on any direct purchase which might be made'by Mr«Bentley
or through Mr,Parks of India or through any other direct stunner,
Purchases will be cost and freight with fluctuations in freight
lor buyer's account and payment will be made as heretofore, by
Letter of Credit opened either by the Government or dne 'of the
large tanners. The contracts sHall be v/ith the Defence Supplies
Corporation of Washington who will allocate the skins to the
various tanners after the skins have actually arrived."
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have been selected by the-Government
of various goatskins from
to do the purchasing