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“...Great Britain and the East.
. October 30, 1941.
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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
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 Ira:,.
Head Office - 11, TELEGRAPH STREET, MOORGATE, E.C.2
Branches in Iran:—
Ahwaz
Bushire
Hamaaan
Isfahan
Chief Office in Iran—TEHERAN.
Kermanshah Reslit
Khurramshahr Shiraz
Meshed Sultanabad
T abriz
Teheran (Bazaar Office)
Zahedan
IONIAN BANK LIMITED
EST A BUSHED 1839
(§)} THE BRITISH BANK FOR THE NEAR EAST O
/ Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1842 /
and 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 BRITAIN
AND THE NEAR EAST....”
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“...GREAT BRITAIN
AND THE EAST
INCORPORATING ••THE NEAR EAST AND INDIA”
Telegrams:
Eastaprox, Westcent, London.
Telephone:
Holborn 8254-5
A Weekly Review of the Current and
Industrial Affairs 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 I Sir Alfred Watson.
Managing Editor: E. A. Mackenzie-Bell.
No. 1588—VOL LVII.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941
Established 1911
The aims of this Journal are the interpretation of Great Britain to the East, and of the East to Great Britain,
and the promotion of British Trade.
Page
NOTES OF THE WEEK.................. 273
LEADING ARTICLES—
A Road to Russia ............... 275
Italy’s Plight ... ... ... ... 275
SPECIAL ARTICLES—
Dark Clouds Over the Far East ... 276
Bait That Will Not Hook Turkish
Fish. By Kenneth Williams ... 277
Fighting...”
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“...beyond any quick repair. But ultimately, if they
were not driven out, the Germans would be able to obtain
oil - supplies sufficient to carry on mechanised warfare
indefinitely.
Middle East the Objective
That is one facet of the southern flank. There is another
even more important. The Russians are guarding one of
the principal lines of approach to the Middle East. If they
were driven back, not only would a main supply line from
Great Britain and America be closed, but the threat to the
oilfields of Iraq and Iran, to the northern approaches to the
Suez Canal, and even to India itself, at present hypotheti-
cal, would immediately become real and urgent. Fortu-
nately, there are large Allied forces in the Middle East
ready to counter any danger that may appear.
Marshal Timoshenko’s transfer to the south in the place
of Marshal Budyenny, who is reported to be organising a
new army, is a plain indication of the position. He may
yet be able to achieve a stabilised front, which his prede-
cessor failed...”
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“... (late MOHAMERAH) and BASRA.
Subject to the terms of the Company’s usual form of Bill of Lading
Cargo taken on through Bill of Lading to
BAGDAD, TT&HERAN, QUASR-I-SHIRIN, KERMANSHAH,
HAMADAN and TABRIZ.
Vessels loaded regularly at London, Glasgow, Manchester. Also
Occasional Sailings from Cardin, Newport and Swansea.
For Freight and Passage apply to Loading Brokers:—
FRANK C. STRICK & CO., LTD., 117/121, Leadenhall Street,
London, E.C.3.
FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD., P.O. Box 49, BURRA,
Iraq.
I PRINCE LINE |
MEDITERRANEAN SERVICES
Leith Tyne, Middlesbrough and London
to
MALTA, ALEXANDRIA, PALESTINE,
SYRIA, ASIA MINOR and CYPRUS
Manchester to
TUNIS, MALTA, ALEXANDRIA, PALES-
TINE, SYRIA, ASIA MINOR and CYPRUS
= For Freight Passage and all Particulars apply to:— =
| PRINCE LINE, 56, Leadenhall St, London, g
“ Gough & Croathwaite Ltd., ~
— Manchester Liners House, St. Anne’s Square, Manchester. ~
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