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Any further communication should he
addressed to—
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
j at the address given opposite.
The following letter and number should
il be quoted :—
tf, R.T. 5887.
Telegraphic Address:
COLASTA LONDON.
Telephone No.: 3810 Victoria.
BOARD OF TRADE
(COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES
DEPARTMENT),
GWYDYR HOUSE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W.1.
16th August 1918
Sir,
I am directed by the *oard of Trad** to refer to
the letter numbered as above which was addressed to you
from this Department on the 11th July relative to 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. letter to the v/ar Office Do. P.2859 of the
6th July, and I am to enquire whether any decision has yet
been arrived at es to whether "Bagdad end other parts oi
? eecnctarnia in the occupation of Pis hajeplv *s 1 orces can
be certified to be in effective occupation for the purposes
of the Trading with the Kneny (Occupied Territory)
proclamation of the 16th February 1915.
I am to add that the matter is somewhat urgent since,
as the Board are given to understand by the Chief lostal
Censor, the idea appears to prevail in some quarters that
commercial intercourse with Bagdad can now take place without
licences and a considerable number of business letters that
k
Secretary,
War Office.
had

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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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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’
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188r:189v, 191r:194v, 196r:206v, 208r:209v, 215r:223v, 225r:227v, 229r:231v, 233r:237v, 250r:261v, 263r:263v, 266r:274v, 279r:290v, 292r:303v, 305r:354v
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