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Enclosure in Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee of 13 May 1783 [2r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 23 May 1783. 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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An extract of an intelligence report sent by Sir Robert Ainslie, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], received in Bussora on 23 May 1783.
The report concerns the assembly of a large French force at Nice by Baron de Saint-Geniès, thought to be heading for India to capture Tranquebar [Tharangambadi] or establish a colony (see also IOR/L/PS/9/76/25).
This extract was enclosed in Latouche’s letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies (East India Company), dated 13 May 1783 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/28 and 29).
A duplicate of the report is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/36.
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- Enclosure in Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee of 13 May 1783
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- 1r:2v
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