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1		“...July 3, 1941. Branches in Iran:— A hwaz Bushire Hamaaan Isfahan Kermanshah Khurramshahr Meshed THE IMPERIAL BANK OF IRAN (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1889) CAPITAL (fully paid) - £1,000,000 RESERVE - - - £760,000 Reserve Liability of Shareholders, £1,000,000 i ------------ Chief Office in Iran—TEHERAN. Resht Shiraz Sultanabad T abriz Teheran {Bazaar Office) Zahedan Branches in Iraq :—Baghdad, Basra. The Bank transacts Banking business of every description in and connected with Iran and Iraq; and in London, grants Drafts, Telegraphic Transfers and Letters of Credit, and negotiates or collects Bills on Iran and Iraq. Head Office - 11, TELEGRAPH STREET, MOORGATE, E.C.2 IONIAN BANK LIMITED ESTABLISHED 1839 THE BRITISH BANK FOR THE NEAR EAST Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1842 anti Registered under the Companies’ Acts in 1883. Capital: Authorised £1,000,000, Paid-up £600,000 OVER 100 YEARS BANKING SERVICE IN AND BETWEEN GREAT BRI TAIN AND THE NEAR EAST. LONDON — GREECE — EGYPT — CYPRUS Head...”

2		“...GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST INCORPORATING "THE NEAR" EAST AND INDIA” Telegrams: Eastaprox, Westcent, London. Telephone: Holborn 8254-5 A Weekly Review of the Politics, Commerce and Finance of Great Britain, the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, the Sudan, Malta, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Arabia, India, Afghanistan, the Federated Malay States, China and Japan. Editorial Offices: "GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST," 133/136, High Holborn, London, W.C.I. Editorial Director: Sir Alfred Watson. Managing Editor: E. A. Mackenzie-Bell. No. 1571—VOL. LVII. THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941 Established 1911 The aims of this Journal are the nterpretation of Great Britain to the East and the promotion of British Trade. OVERSEA CORRESPONDENCE— Page NOTES OF THE WEEK ................... I LEADING ARTICLES— A Way to Victory ... ... ... 3 India and Russia ... ... ... 3 SPECIAL ARTICLES— If Russia Holds the Line. By J. M. Bee ... ... ... 4 What Damascus Means to Syria. By Kenneth Williams ... ... 5 Birthday War Honours...”

3		“...upon Russia. Suppose the Hitlerian calculation were correct and that the Germans* were able quickly to crush Russian resistance and to reach the shores of the Caspian. An easy route would be opened to Iran, and the frontier of Iran with India presents no such difficulties to the invader as does the great barrier of the Himalayas. Nobody doubts that this is the German dream. The “ Berlin to Baghdad ” of the past has become the Berlin to Bombay and beyond of the present regime. The oil of Iran and Iraq would be but the incidental prizes that would make possible the conquest of the richer territories of Asia. India then is in such peril as she has not known for hundreds of years. The bulk of thinking Indians are probably more fully awake to that fact than Englishmen themselves, for the latter are apt to think of India as a country removed by great distances from the actual scenes of strife. Distance is no longer an important factor in calculation when nations are at war. Mechanism and the conquest...”

4		“...RAILWAYS The linking of Mosul to Baghdad by rail and the extended running of the TAURUS EXPRESS to BAGHDAD provides a Tri-weekly Wagons Lits Sleeping Car Service between Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Iraq, a Twice Weekly Service with Iran and a Weekly Service with India and the Far East via the Iranian Gulf. Daily Mail and Passenger Trains between BAGHDAD AND BASRAH (MAQIL) BAGHDAD AND KHANAQ1N BAGHDAD AND KIRKUK with First and Second Class Sleeping accommodation. Bedding is available at all principal stations at a small hire charge. , Dining Cars run on the Baghdad-Basrah and Basrah-Baghdad Mail Trains. TOURIST SERVICE Visit the ancient cities of Babylon. Kish, Ur of the Chaldees, Birs Nimrud (Borsippa), Warka, Abu Shahrain (Eridu), Tai al Ubaid, Nineva, Hatra, Asshur The climate of Iraq between November and April is ideal for touring. Iraqi State Railways offer special facilities to tourists. Tourist Saloon Coaches fully equipped and provided with kitchens and cooks may be retained for...”

5		“...Forces fighting in Syria to be Crusaders? Mr. Williams’ article (published in your issue June 19) is an undoubtedly momentous one. It is of vital and paramount importance for the writers on the present war to avoid the use of those words which may incite ill-feeling among non-Christian Allies. The use of the word “ crusade ” for the present struggle is just as wrong as the use of the word “ jehad ” (holy war) by the supporters of Rashid Ali in regard to their revolt against the British Forces in Iraq. Likewise, there is another phrase which is often used even by statesmen, i.e.', “ We are fighting to defend Christian civilisation.” This phrase may have had deep effect among Christians, but the participants in the present war are not Christians alone, but non-Christians also. To show what kind of feeling this phrase creates in the minds of the Muslims, I quote here a few lines from a letter of a Muslim which I received the other day. He writes: — "On the wireless I have often heard by prominent...”

6		“...s at Teheran in 1933 over the revised oil concession, Sir WilFam Fraser officially represented the Company with Lord Cadman, who subsequently paid a tribute to his colleague’s skill and ability in bringing the negotiations to a successful ’ conclusion. Besides his directorships on various subsidiary and associated companies in the Anglo-Iranian Group, including Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., Consolidated Refineries, Ltd., and Consolidated Petroleum Company, Ltd., Sir William is on the Board of the Iraq Petroleum Company, Ltd., the Burmah Oil Company, Ltd., Anglo- Egyptian Oilfields, Ltd., Steaua Romana (British), Ltd., and the Kuwait Oil Company, Ltd. He is also a member of the Petroleum Board. In addition to his commercial activities, Sir William Fraser has acted as Honorary Petroleum Adviser to the War Office since June, 1935. He was granted a knighthood in the Birthday Honours list of 1939 in recognition of his public services. EGYPTIAN STATE RAILWAYS The Quickest, Cheapest and Most Comfortable...”

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