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Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts' [292r] (587/1070)
The record is made up of 1 file (530 folios). It was created in 17 Oct 1941-28 Dec 1945. It was written in English and French. 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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WARNING : This is an unparaphrased version of a secret cypher or confidential code messa2e
and the text must first be paraphrased* if it is essential to communicate it to persons outside
British or Allied Government Services.
(*NOTE : Messages shown as having been sent in a One-Time Pad (••O.T.P.”) are excepted from this rule.)
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PROM MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY CSHTRE q^IRO TO
MINISTRY OP WAR TRANSPORT
N 0^ 9 92 MAST ?'!IDES .
ITth tJuiy, 1943.
D, 8,40 p.m. 5th July, 1943.
R. 3.50 e*m. 6th July, 1943.
Following for Chance Treasury, from Garson
Begins. Plans for Arabia put forward by British
experts and recommended by Conference involving
Egyptian and Indian co-operation.
Increase in expenditure for (grp. unde.
? emergency) procedure in any units next year is
£40,000 (repeat £40,000) plus- cost of transport and
equipment to be supplied by military on last year f s precedeuit.
I indicated to Confernece the acceptance of
financial implications of the plan by United Kingdom
which stimulated Egyptian and Indian represenlfafritf&A
though they could not (repeat not) commit their
Governmen ts.
Letter will follow by fast bag. ENDS.
O.T.P.
LJ/-
Mr. P. B. Mair (M. of Sply
Shell Mex House) (4)
Mr. W.R. Edwards (E. C. G.D. )
Miss B.D. Maclean
(M. of Prod) (3)
Mr.
J.S.
Wall (M. of Food)
Mr.
B.R.
Curzon (1.0) (2)
Mr.
I.D.
Davidson (Treasury)
Mr.
A. S.
Gilbert (B. OF T.) (3)
Mr.
J. F.
Callaghan (7.0) (6)
Mr.
J.N.
Goad (D. 0. T.) '
Mr.
L.P.
Millar (M. E. .V. )
Mr,
B. J.
Ellis (Pet Dent.)
Mr.
J. Rosa (.C. 0)
Sir
V. Thomson
Mr,
T. G.
Jenkins
Sir
W. Currie (2)
Mr.
S. A.
Bailey
E/I.A. (Rm 5085) (6)
\
Sir G. Peat
U.K. C. C. (9)
Mr. J. •./, Barron
Harriman Mission
(Mr. C. P. IToyes)
Mr, Chance (Treasury)
Mr, i). Garson (2)
Colonial Office
2 Park St. W. 1.
Mr, G, P. Christopher
Mr. W.T. narrower (F.O)
Mr. W. Graham
Au r» C. F. Brown
*>;r. iV. G. Truby
Mr, D. S. Sendeman
W.T.R. (2)
(Tel Ext 2697)
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The file contains correspondence relating to the organization of anti-locust controls in India, East Africa and the Middle East, especially Persia [Iran], where international conferences of locust experts were held. Support for scientific research and international cooperation between the Government of India, the British Government and the Government of the Soviet Union are also discussed. Included in the correspondence are the minutes and reports of the Interdepartmental Committee on Locust Control, which was run by the Colonial Office Research Department in London. There are also field and conference reports by prominent entomologists Dr Taskhir Ahmad of the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Dr Boris Petrovich of the Anti-Locust Centre at the Imperial Institute of Entomology, London.
In addition, there is routine correspondence between officials about equipment, supplies and locust forecasts by geographical area. The main 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 Colonial Office, the Agricultural Department and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
The file includes two dividers, which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (530 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 531; 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.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/657
- Title
- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 10r:25v, 27r:32v, 34r:43v, 43ar:43av, 44r:76v, 78r:104v, 106r:188v, 191r:193r, 193ar, 193v:196v, 199r:204v, 206r:207r, 207ar, 207v:272v, 274r:288v, 291r:325v, 329r:344r, 344ar, 344v:393v, 395r:416v, 418r:450v, 466r:470r, 471v:503v, 505r:511v, 513r:529v, 529ar:529av, 530r:531v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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