Zanzibar, 1937-1938

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Comprises:

(fol. 1) Times of India, leading article on 'Zanzibar Bills', 11 May 1937
(fols. 2-3) letter from Henry Polak to Creech Jones, putting the Indian case in Zanzibar, asking him to meet Anantani, Editor of the Zanzibar Voice, and vouching for the dependability of any information he might give. Anantani was part of the Indian community and a representative of the Indian National Association in England (see fol. 32), 20 May 1937
(fol. 4) letter from Polak to Creech Jones about a Question he had asked in the House, Anantani's address, and arranging a meeting between them, 10 Jun 1937
(fols. 5-9) letter from Anantani to Creech Jones with a statement by the Acting Resident, S.B.B. McElderry, made at a meeting of the Legislative Council on Thursday 10 Jun 1937, on the Debt, Land, and Clove Bills, [before 15 Jul]
(fol. 10) letter from Anantani to Creech Jones asking him to put a question to the Secretary of State for the Colonies about the stocks held by the Clove Growers' Association, 16 Jun 1937
(fol. 11) letter from Creech Jones to Anantani arranging a meeting with him, 17 Jun 1937
(fol. 12) oral reply to Questions in the House on the postponement of a measure to withdraw Indians from all connection with the clove trade, 24 Jun 1937
(fol. 13) oral reply to a Question in the House on the stock-taking of the Clove Growers' Association and their account books, 24 Jun 1937
(fol. 14) letter from Anantani to Creech Jones arranging a meeting with him, 1 Jul 1937
(fols. 15-18) cable from the Indian National Association to Creech Jones and letters from Creech Jones to Lord Stanley, India Office, and Ormsby-Gore quoting the cable and asking for an interview and for an attempt to be made to postpone the passing of the bill to withdraw Indians from all connection with the clove trade, 11 Jul 1937
(fols. 19-21) two letters from Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdos to The Manchester Guardian about the clove industry of Zanzibar, with a report of the official reply to the first letter given to a reporter by the Colonial Office, 13-15 Jul 1937
(fols. 22-25) letter from Ormsby-Gore to Creech Jones about the Clove Bill and offering a meeting between Creech Jones and officers of the Colonial Office to discuss the attitude of the Indians to it, provided that no third party was present; also, Creech Jones's reply saying that as the legislation had already gone through there was no point in holding such a meeting, 14-17 Jul 1937
(fols. 26-27) cable from the Indian National Association to Creech Jones about the Indian attitude towards the Clove Bill, 15 Jul 1937
(fols. 28-29) letter from Lord Winterton, India Office, to Creech Jones about concessions made to Indian opinion at the final discussions of the bill in Zanzibar, with Creech Jones's reply, 16-17 Jul 1937
(fols. 30-31) letter from Creech Jones to Anantani mentioning the cable from Zanzibar, an article in The Manchester Guardian, Winterton's letter (copy attached) and a letter from Ormsby-Gore which he quotes about the legislation and the satisfaction of the Indian Government, 17 Jul 1937
(fol. 32) letter from B.N. Anantani about the attitude of the Indians towards the clove legislation in Zanzibar, the idea held by Ormsby-Gore that all Indians were satisfied with it because the Government of India had agreed to modifications; also, a proposed meeting between Creech Jones and Ormsby-Gore, 20 Jul 1937
(fols. 33-34) letter from Anantani to Creech Jones about the meeting with Ormsby-Gore; the relationship between the Clove Growers' Association and the clove trade; and asking Creech Jones to arrange a further meeting with Ormsby-Gore to discuss the matter before he left for Palestine with the Resident of Zanzibar, 24 Jul 1937
(fol. 35) letter from Creech Jones to Ormsby-Gore passing on these suggestions to him, 28 Jul 1937
(fol. 36) letter from C.Y. Carstairs, for Ormsby-Gore, to Creech Jones thanking him for bringing to his notice the views of the Zanzibar Indians in London about the legislation, 9 Aug 1937
(fols. 37-39) cable sent to Creech Jones about the first week of the clove strike in Zanzibar and correspondence between him and Ormsby-Gore about it, 13-21 Aug 1937
(fol. 40) Manchester Guardian, article about the boycott of Zanzibar cloves by Indians, 14 Dec 1937
(fol. 21) oral reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on the boycott, 22 Dec 1937
(fols. 42-44) The Public Ledger, article, mainly about cocoa but with a reference to the British Government's interference in the clove question, 28 Dec 1937
(fols. 45-46) letter from Polak to Creech Jones, with a newspaper cutting about the statement issued by the Imperial Indian Citizenship Association about the position of Indians in Zanzibar
(fols. 47-62) correspondence between Creech Jones and MacDonald about the Clove Industry Ordinance and the Clove (Purchase and Exportation) Decree, with copies of both enclosed; correspondence between Creech Jones and MacDonald about the Clove Industry Ordinance and the Clove (Purchase and Exportation) Decree, with copies of both enclosed, 11 Jan 1938
(fol. 63) letter from J. Krasy, Hon. Sec. to the Indian National Association, Zanzibar, to Creech Jones thanking him for bringing to the notice of the Colonial Office the grievances of the Indian community in the matter of the clove controversy since 1934, 25 Oct 1938
(item 1) representation made by the Indian National Association, Zanzibar, on the Debt Settlement, Land Alienation, and Clove Trade Bills to the Government of India, 17 May 1937.