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Ext. 35^0/46
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14th May, 1946.
Dear Miss Heady, ftsf ^
With reference to the correspondence between Miss
Ward and Morley about supplies of cotton textiles for
Bahrein and the Persian Gulf area, resting with Miss Ward's
letter of 15th February, reference C.R£T«17/46> I should be
grateful for any further information you can give me on this
subject.
2. I have been in touch with Mr. Hamersley of the
Cotton Board and he tells me that no further special releases
have been made for Bahrein and that as the Open Export
Scheme for Period I, 1946, has only just closed he cannot
yet say whether any supplies for Bahrein have been booked by
converters during this period. Unless any such supplies
have been booked it would appear from Miss Ward's letter of
25 th January that there has been no release of/ cotton for
the Persian Gulf area since September, 1945* P ^
3 . The External Department, India Office, has again
been in touch with us regarding the serious shortage of
supplies of cotton textiles for Bahrein, and I should be
grateful to know whether it is now possible to arrange with
the Cotton Board for releases to cover any outstanding
orders fnorn the Persian Gulf, and particularly Bahrein.
4 . Also I should be glad to know whether, in future,
you will be able to meet the requirements of this area by
special releases as previously or what alternative you
would propose for meeting the requirements of the Persian
Gulf area. We should be reluctant to have to ask the
Textile Sub-Committee for a special allocation since this
would, presumably, necessitate a cumbersome enquiry through
the TOlitical Resident which would probably produce a
highly unreliable estimate of requirements. The free pool
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