The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Department, the Office for the High Commissioner for India, and the British Mission to the French National Committee, regarding a missing soldier named René Piquemal, who was said to be employed in a steel factory in India...
Ext 271/43 Censorship of messages sent by Turkish mission in New Delhi
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The file contains a telegram from the Government of India, External Department, to the Secretary of State for India, informing that restrictions were applied to the messages sent by the Turkish mission in New Delhi.
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
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The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Ext 329/43(1) ‘SUPPLY OF SUGAR TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
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The file is concerned with replacing sugar previously obtained by the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) from India with sugar supplied from the United Kingdom; sugar production in India and Pakistan had fallen following the end of the Second World War (1939-194...
Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
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The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company. The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gu...
Ext 345/43 'Indiscretions of Soviet consul at Kermanshah'
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This file consists primarily of letters between the British Legation, Tehran, and the Foreign Office about the report on celebration on the tenth anniversary of the Russian revolution in Kermanshah written by Political Adviser, Colonel Fletcher. In his report he explains the indiscretions of Sov...
Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit'
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Thefile consists primarily of letters between the Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Treasury about a Swissapplication to send watches to Kuwait. The Foreign Exchange Control and theLocal Government accept the Swiss application and the watches are...
Ext 468/43 'Telegram despatched on behalf of John Swire and Sons Ltd'
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This file consists primarily of a letter and a telegram draft. The letter from the Accountant-General, India Office, informs that the telegram was sent and asks for the refund of the cost of the telegram. The telegram was sent by Mr John Swire, agent at Bombay, India, to Mr Ashley Clark at the...