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Reference IOR/R/15/5/309

Title 'File 8/2 Smuggling of Gold'
Date(s) 6 May 1940-20 Mar 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Written in English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Extent and Format 1 file (242 folios)
Holding Institution British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
Copyright for document Public Domain

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This file contains general correspondence, surveillance, and intelligence reports pertaining to the smuggling
of gold between India and the Middle East by way of the Persian Gulf, particularly through Kuwait. The
majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the British consular staff in
Baghdad, as well as the Political Residency in Bushire. Of note are documents that track efforts to identify
smugglers' methods and intermediary networks. Other documents trace gold and currency prices between various
Gulf and Indian Ocean ports by British officials in order to ascertain the profitability of various smuggling
routes.

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