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“...GREAT BRITAIN AND
INCORPORATING “THE NEAR EAST
Telegrams : Eastaprox, Westcent, London
Telephone : Holborn 8254-5
Subscription : 30s. a year
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 Indi.es, the
Federated Malay States, China and Japan.
THE EAST
AND INDIA”
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST, LTD.
133 -136, High Holborn, London, W.C.l
No. 1607—Vol. LVIII
Postage : Inland lid., Abroad Id.
MARCH 14, 1942
JAPAN IS AS DANGEROES AN ENEMY AS
GERMANY
C1R ROBERT CLIVE was our Ambas-
sador in Japan from 1934 to 1937.
He knows the Japanese. And he told the
Royal Central Asian Society in London
that he was convinced that the Japanese
had slowly and carefully prepared and
planned their present aggression over
many years.
One of the reasons for the compla-
cency of successive Governments against
persistent...”
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“...the
Germans is more probable than a full-
scale attack on Russia. It is thought that
such an offensive would include a drive
against the Caucasus and a direct move
against Asia Minor, efforts being made
to hold the northern and central sectors
of the Eastern front.
In view of this possibility it is felt that
it is imperative that the Allies should be
as powerful as possible, particularly, of
course, in the air in the Middle East.
The Turks feel that large reinforcements
should be sent to Syria, Iraq and Pales-
tine so as to be ready to move to any
point where danger mav arise.
If Germany should launch an attack
on Turkey there is no question that the
Turks would resist with all their force.
But in view of developments elsewhere
their anxiety as to the certainty of ade-
quate assistance will be understood.
Bulgaria Under Nazis
Bulgaria is to-day almost as much
under Nazi control as Roumania. The
naval bases at Varna and Bourgas are
entirely under German supervision, and
it is even reported...”
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“...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 ; Ahtva* Bushire Chief Office : - TEHERAN
fuxrait Teheran
Arak Hamadan Meshed {Bazaar Office)
(Sultanabad) Isfahan Resht Zahedan
Baghdad Kermansbah Shira*
Basra Khorram Shahr Tabriz
The Bank transacts banking business of every description in
and connected njotth Iran and Iraq ; and in London, grants
Drafts, Telegraphic Transfers and Letters of Credit, and
negotiates or collects Bills on Iran and Iraq.
Head Off,ce 11, TELEGRAPH ST.,
MOORGATE, E.C.2
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== Leith, Tyne, Middlesbrough and London to
= MALTA, ALEXANDRIA. PALESTINE, SYRIA, =
= ASIA MINOR and CYPRUS
EE Manchester to EE
TUNIS, MALTA, ALEXANDRIA, PALESTINE, =
= SYRIA, ASIA MINOR and CYPRUS
= U.S.A, to
= PHILIPPINES, CHINA, DUTCH EAST INDIES. =
= and MALAYA_...”
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