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“...Great Britain and the East.
December 6, 1941.
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GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST
INCORPORATING “THE NEAR EAST AND INDIA”
Telegrams: Eastaprox, Westcent, London
Telephone: Holborn 8254-5
Registered as a Newspaper
The authority for 30 years on the industry,
economics and current affairs of Great
Britain, the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, the
Sudan, Malta, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria,
Iraq, Iran, Arabia, India, Afghanistan,
the Netherlands East Indies, the
Federated Malay States, China and Japan.
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST, LTD.
133-136, High Holborn, London, W.C.l
No. 1593—Vol. LVII.
Postage : Inland ltd., Abroad Id.
THE AIR IS CLEARING
T^OR several months Great Britain
A and the East has asked for a
clarification of the Government’s views
on export. Mr. Harcourt Johnstone,
M.P., Secretary to the Department of
Overseas Trade, has now made a
statement, which is reported on page 5.
He said that sight had not been lost
of the vital importance of maintaining
and expanding our exports after the
war but that...”
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“...held the pass
of Thermopylae. They fell, but they
saved civilisation for the world. For the
time they gained made possible the
assembly of the forces which destroyed
the barbarian at Salamis and at Platan.
Let no one tell you that your efforts
and your sacrifices have been in vain. By
your courage and your endurance you
wrecked the whole of Hitler’s plans for
the domination of the Mediterranean
countries as the first step to the domina-
tion of the world. The time you gained
'enabled us to save Iraq and Syria and
Persia, and to build up a solid front from
Libya to the Caucasus. It enabled us to
keep our fleet in the Mediterranean and
so keep open the door to your liberation-
It upset all Hitler’s plans for destroying
the Russian armies before winter.
To-day I believe we are nearing the
turning point of the war. But whether it
be near or still distant, the victory of
justice and freedom is assured....”
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“...OILSEED
The linking of Mosul to Baghdad by rail and the extended running of the
TAURUS EXPRESS to BAGHDAD provides aTri-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 KHANAQIN
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
(BorsipDa), 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...”
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“...bankers’ credits. More-
over, goods took a long time to arrive.
Again, export bills, which formerly reached
their destination and were accepted in a few
days, now took months to arrive. Our
1 (ranches took their share in this business
and their results were very satisfactory.
Events in the Mediterranean resulted in
a reopening of the transit trade of Iraq,
goods passing through for Palestine, Trans-
iordan, Syria, Egypt, and Turkey. The
date crop was abundant.
In Iran our branches, though foreign ex-
change business remained strictly controlled,
made good profits, but those profits cannot
be transferred into sterling. However, in
both Iraq and Iran events of 1940 have now
receded into the background in view of the
military operations of 1941, which have
changed the whole situation in those two
countries.
In Palestine the position of the citrus
industry remained serious owing to the lack
of shipping and, with a view to keeping the
industry alive, an arrangement was made
between the Government...”
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“...East.
December 6, 1941.
THE IMPERIAL BANK OF IRAN
(Incorporated by Roval Charter, 1889)
CAPITAL (fully paid) - £1,000,000 RESERVE - - - £760,000
Reserve Liability of Shareholders, £1,000,000
Branches in Iran :—
A hwaz
Bus h ire
Hamadan
Isfahan
Kermanshah
Khurramshahr
Meshed
Chief Office in Iran—TEHERAN.
Resht
Shiraz
Sultanabad
Tabriz
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
EGYPTIAN STATE RAILWAYS
The Quickest, Cheapest and Most
Comfortable Route through Egypt
TRAINS-DE-LUXE, PULLMAN, RESTAURANT & SLEEPING-CARS
Special facilities offered
to Visitors to
LUXOR and ASSUAN
VISIT HELUAN-LES-BAINS, THE PREMIER
HEALTH RESORT IN EGYPT
(only half an hour by Diesel Rail Cars from Cairo)
THE ONLY WINTER NATURAL...”
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