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1. IOR/L/PS/12/446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/446
Title:
PZ 6556/40 'Hawking of Sterling Notes in the Middle East.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Consul General, Beirut, the British Ambassador to Iraq, the Foreign Office and the Treasury, regarding the smuggling of Sterling notes into the Middle East, and possible ways to end the practice.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1940-5 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/516
Title:
Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the imposition of an export licence system on the trade of gold and silver in the Persian Gulf region, at first to understand the flow of trade, and then to restrict it, lest gold find its way through Turkey into enemy-occupied destinations. Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-10 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)