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File 3104/1915 Pt 9 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with- Payments from enemy assets in England to firms in Mesopotamia; payment of dividends of British companies, legacies, &c to residents in Mesopotamia; Messrs. Selim Homsy’s claims against clients in Mosul district; Messrs. Andrew Weir & Co’s claim against Idara Nahrieh’ [209r] (43/334)
The record is made up of 1 item (166 folios). It was created in 10 Jun 1918-9 Dec 1920. 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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3d. ?
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of
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Draft Paper.
Department.
rn nv Secretary,
B. of
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Letter to F.O. dated^
2nd :o.P.6663,
Letter irom F.O. dated
Fee. 12th P.8046.
Letter to Lessrs. Selina Homsy
a Co. dated 3rd Jany 1920.
Letter from hessrs. Selim Lomsy
a Co. dated Au^.^th 1920*
13 SEP i220
Si r,
With referejioe to correspondence
ending ndtn your letter dated Mardi
3rd No. 1924/20, relative to the
payment of monies due to enemy
subjects in Mesopotamia, I am directed
by the Secretary of state for India
to forward, for the information of tlie^w^il
/ibBoard of Trad* copy of the marginally
noted correspondence whj ch has passed
in tiiis connection. It will be
observed that the effect of your
letter under reference has been to
vq tne-aA*oarlty aonyr-r! by
Mr, ' letter of JcU'iiiary 3rd ^
i i4t.i liomsy k Co, to pay tneir
A
debts in Mosul.
^-w. now ask for a foniial assurance
7U
tnat no objection 'ill be ralsed hy Un
to tuexs payment of tuese
debts. The condition stated in your
letter^ that "no payment siiould be
authorised until tne terms of the
Treaty of Peace with Turkey nave been
%
published n ; has now been fulfilled, and
hr. Secretary Montagu would 'ue glad to
be informed whether in tne opinion of
ou*. U_ fn_
the F. of T. 44emay now oonvey)to
A /C
Messrs. Selim liomsy M Co. and also to
other firms similarly situated,
aooar-fttrys tnat there will be no
objection
io 521—1
.'.OOO 12/19
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Part 9 comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the lifting of restrictions on trade between Baghdad and Mesopotamia [Iraq], under the Trading with the Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation of 1915: the issue of certificates by the Board of Trade declaring that the wilayats [vilayets] of Baghdad and Basra are to be regarded as ‘territory under friendly occupation’ (f 324); the lifting of restrictions on trade in other areas of Mesopotamia, including Mosul and Anah; enquiries from commercial firms in Britain, relating to the resumption of trade with firms in Mesopotamia, and payments to be made to traders in Mesopotamia.
The principal correspondents are: the 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Board of Trade.
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