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Freight charges Basra and Baghdad: Objection to formal agreement railways could not...
Catalogue reference: CO 730/95/2
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This record is about the Freight charges Basra and Baghdad: Objection to formal agreement railways could not... dating from 1926 Aug 4 in the series Colonial Office: Iraq Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 730/95/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926 Aug 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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Freight charges Basra and Baghdad: Objection to formal agreement railways could not change for five years.
Sent by Sir H Dobbs, 2 August 1926.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Railways
- Middle East
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17866573/
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CO 730
Colonial Office: Iraq Original Correspondence
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