Ext 4741/44 'Shipment of supplies to Muscat: Mozambique sugar'
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The file contains correspondence regarding imports of sugar, tea and other commodities from Mozambique to Muscat, and their onward export to Persia. The file covers considerations of increased restrictions on such imports and potential withholding of tea from India in order to uphold rationing. T...
Ext 4825/44 'Capt J N Gordon, Commander of Nearchus: application for passages for wife & family'
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The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Captain Gordon to have his wife and two children transported to Basra to join him. The primary correspondents are: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident, Persian Gulf; India Office; Foreign Office; Agnes S Gordon,...
This file contains a pair of telegrams between HM Ambassador, Cairo, and the Government of India regarding travel information for Sir Ronald Cross's (United Kingdom High Commissioner for Australia) travel throughout India and Pakistan.
Ext 5034/44 'Discontent among Indian Personnel of Arabian American Oil Co. at Al Khobar and Dhahran'
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This file consists of correspondence mainly from the Political Agency, Bahrain, which details the Agent's arbitration of labour disputes between the Arabian American Oil Company and Indian 'artisan' labourers. The correspondence lists the workers' grievances and actions as well as the response by...