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“...GREAT BRITAIN
AND THE EAST
INCORPORATING “ THE NEAR EAST AND INDIA.”
Telegrams:
Eastaprox, Westcent, London-
T elephone:
Holborn 8254.
A Weekly Review of the Politics, Commerce and Finance of Great Britain (including the British Empire), the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, the Sudan, Malta, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Arabia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, India, Federated Malay States, China and Japan.
General Editor : E. A. Mackenzie-Bell.
Editorial Offices:
“ GREAT BRITAIN & THE EAST” 133/136, High Holborn, London, W.C.l.
No. 1,489.—VOL. LIII.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939.
Established 1911
The aims of this Paper are : the Maintenance of Peace ; the Safeguarding of our Imperial Communications ; the Promotion of British Trade ; and the Interpretation of Great Britain (including the British Empire) to the East, and of the East to Great Britain (including the British Empire).
Page
NOTES OF THE WEEK................. 445
LEADING ARTICLES—
New Move for Balkan Unity ... 447
The Next Victim ... ... ...”
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“...452 Great Britain and the East.
December 7, 1939.
ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL
COMPANY, LTD.
DETROLEUM PRODUCTS manufactured by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and its associated and subsidiary companies include Aviation and Motor Spirits, Kerosene, Vaporising Oil, White Spirit, Lubricating Oil, Gas Oil, Diesel Oil, and Fuel Oil. These products are marketed in the principal European countries and in Africa, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Syria,
and Sudan.
BRITANNIC HOUSE, FINSBURY CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.2...”
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“...other important change is in the Ministry of Finance, which is now in the charge of General Amir Khosrovi, the former Chief Manager of the Banque Mellie.
The significance of these changes is not yet apparent, but it is not unlikely that they may be connected with a revision of the economic and financial policy of the country.
Denial of Saadabad Pact Meeting
The Iranian Government has officially denied a report appearing in the foreign Press that the signatories of the Saadabad Pact—Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan—were shortly to meet at Ankara or Baghdad to consider the Pact in view of the present political situation. In view, however, of the present attitude of the Soviet it is not unlikely that the respective signatories of the Pact will meet at some future date, when the Turkish Foreign Minister is not so busily engaged, and it is considered possible that the present pact of non-aggression will eventually take a form similar to the Balkan Entente.
It is generally believed that the reason...”
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“...Maltese went down with the “ Royal Oak ” at Scapa Flow.
MALTESE VOLUNTEER FOR MINESWEEPERS
About forty Maltese at present in this country immediately volunteered, through the Malta Trade Commissioner in London, to serve as firemen or greasers, and play their part in meeting the new menace of the magnetic mines. In one minesweeper, formerly used as a pleasure boat for summer trips, there are nine Maltese ratings, three greasers and six firemen.
WHERE TO STAY IN THE EAST
CYPRUS—
Nicosia—
GEORGE HOTEL
IRAQ—
Baghdad—
RITZ HOTEL, Rashid Street
PALESTINE—
Jerusalem—
AMERICAN COLONY HOSTEL
HOTEL FAST, JERUSALEM
A High Class Family Hotel
Patronised by British Officers and Officials
Centrally situated, with every modern Comfort, and Renowned Cuisine.
P.O.B. 529, Tel. Address : “Fastotel.” Phone : 4334...”
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“...eral, says the Domei Agency.
BANQUE MISR
Societe Anonyme Egyptienne
£E1,000,000 £E624,446 £E275,000 £E53,210
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
Fund for Development of National Industries Carried Forward
HEAD OFFICE: 151, Rue Emad El Dine, CAIRO.
Branches and Offices all over Egypt : Correspondents all over the world.
THE BANK MISR OFFERS A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE
MISR AIRLINES
MISR LINE
operated by
MISR AIRWORK (S.A.E.)
Regular air services in Egypt
and between
Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, Syria and Iraq
Travel by air
Special Air Journeys arranged for any destination.
(Societe MISR de Navigation Maritime)
REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICES
to and from
ALEXANDRIA, GENOA AND MARSEILLES
From Alexandria: December 14.
From Marseilles: December 20.
CAIRO : 151, Rue Emad el Dine.
ALEXANDRIA : 14, Rue Fouad ler.
SOCIETE MISR (D’Assurances Generates S.A.E.)
Capital Fully Subscribed £E200,000. Head Offices : 1 Midan Soliman Pasha, CAIRO.
ALL CLASSES OF INSURANCE.
(LIFE FIRE ACCIDENT MARINE TRANSPORT FIDELITY...”
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“...at Barranagore (Bengal), of 1,250,000 gallons per day capacity; at Kanchra’para (Eastern Bengal Railways), of 960,000 gallons per day capacity; and at Bhavna-gar (Bhavnagar State), of 4,500,000 gallons per day capacity, additional to a plant which has been running since 1933 of 1,500,000 gallons per day capacity. There is also a number of new plants being erected in Egypt and the Sudan.
{Continued from previous column.') by concessions. The coasts of the Red Sea were being explored intensively. Iraq was famous for its pipe-line to the Mediterranean, one of the outstanding engineering feats of recent years. It needed a very big oilfield to justify such an expenditure.
In Iran the oilfields were in the foothills below high mountain ranges. There had been some recent successful exploration, and new wells had been opened, but success could not be assured. In one case a well had been driven to a depth of 11,000 feet without success. Five years ago an American company had taken out a concession...”
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