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IJA 3780

Telegrams To and From Nazih al-Swaid Co., Ltd

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Description

This is a group of telegrams about business transactions, including travel plans and financial confirmations. Most seem to be from the same company, the Nazih al-Swaid Co., Ltd., and include information about sugar transactions, oil, financial transactions, and construction plans. Many offer well wishes for the new years and holidays and concerns of health of family members and business partners. The travel plans include when someone is arriving in a city (which flight or train) and what hotel that person is staying at or if travel arrangements need to be made. The correspondence is to and from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities (Basrah, Mosul, Kirkuk), cities in Germany (Dusseldorf, Cologne), Teheran (Iran), Istanbul, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris, cities in Italy (Rome), Switzerland, New York, Los Angeles, Beirut (Lebanon), Damascus (Syria), Saudi Arabia, Tripoli (Libya) and Amman (Jordan). Telegrams are in English, Arabic, French, and German.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3780
Item Number
12389
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Kirkuk, Financial, Lt Alswaidi, Correspondence, French, Travel, Tawfiq al-Suwaidi, London, Telegram, Lebanon, Beirut, Paris, Iraqi Government, Annotation, Ink Stamp, Crown Crest, Turkey, Iran, Ottoman Bank, Handwritten, Iraqi Embassy, The British Bank of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Department of Posts & Telegraphs, Kuwait, Mosul, Ltd., Receipts, Teheran, Cairo, New York, Basrah, Typed, Nazih al-Swaid Co.

AI en Translation, Pages 801-825

Page 801

JUCHO DORTMUND
PARTY ARRANGED 16TH APRIL HAPPY EASTERN
KUHNE
⟦line⟧
Kuhne c/o Nazih-al-Sawaidi Co Ltd.
Baghdad, 7th April 1955

Page 802

JUCHO
DORTMUND
⟦line⟧
GUARANTEE ID ⟦...⟧ MUST BE PROLONGATED ONE YEAR
⟦line⟧
Mr. Kuhne
c/o Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 2-4-55

Page 803

LT CORNELIUS
LUBKESBR
DORTMUND
ONE CERTIFICATE WILL BE GRANTED FOR OUR WORK AND HOLZMANN TOGETHER
STOP OPENNING BETWEEN SIXTH TO TENTH APRIL
MR. KUHNE C/O
NAZIH AL SWAIDI CO.LTD.
BAGHDAD 31-3-55

Page 804

⟦illegible⟧
LONDON
⟦line⟧
DUSSELDORF 5114 TELEGRAPH REBATE FOR XYLAMONT
⟦line⟧
NAZIH AL SWAIDI CO. LTD.
BAGHDAD 23-3-55
⟦NSwaidi⟧

Page 805

ISKRA
BEIRUT
YOURS EIGHTEENTH SENT YOU DETAILS GREVENBROICH
ALSWAIDI
Nazih Al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 23-3-55
⟦Swaidi⟧

Page 806

⟦illegible⟧
LT JUCHO
DORTMUND
⟦line⟧
VIANNINI AFRAID NOT BEING COMPETITIVE RECOMMEND MEETING MILANO
TWENTYSIXTH STOP KUFABRIDGE AIRFREIGHTED FIVE BULBS FOR LANTERNS
KUNHE
⟦line⟧
MR.KUHNE
c/o Nazih Al Swaidi Co. Lt
Baghdad 20-3-55

Page 807

METALCOUCO
LONDON
⟦line⟧
DUSSELDORF 5114 LETTER 2283 TELEGRAPH
⟦line⟧
Nazih al-Swaidi Co; Ltd.
Baghdad 14-3-55

Page 808

JISKRA
P O 1233
BEIRUT
⟦line⟧
SENT RETURN TICKETS IRAQWAYS TELEGRAPH ARRIVALS
ALSWAIDI
⟦line⟧
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
BAGHDAD 10-3-55

Page 809

JUCHO
DORTMUND
⟦line⟧
DRAWINGS APPROVED
ALSWAIDI
⟦line⟧
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 2-3-55

Page 810

LT JUCHO
DORTMUND
YOURS TWENTYFIFTH CABLE GUARANTEE 4676 WILL REFUND 2500 STOP
KUFABRIDGE AWAIT URGENT REPLY ELECTRICAL MATERIALS
KUHNE
⟦Kuhne⟧
Mr. Kuhne
c/o Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
BAGHDAD 27-2-55

Page 811

LT JUCHO
DORTMUND
MUNICIPALITY INSISTING SMALL TANKS WATER DEPTH TWENTYSIX HEIGHT EIGHTY
CABLE REPLY STOP SEND FOUNDATIONS LOADS STOP GUARANTEE TO BE INCREASED
2176 and BOTH VALID FIFTEEN MONTHS STOP COMPLETION FOURTEEN MONTHS
KUHNE
Mr. Kuhne
c/o Nazih Al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad. 20-2-55

Page 812

J U C H O
DORTMUND
ANSWER TELEGRAPHICALLY OUR CABLE TWENTIETH REGARDING GUARANTEE
AND SMALL TANKS
Mr. Kuhne
c/o: Nazih al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad. 23-2-55

Page 813

J U C H O
D O R T M U N D
SAMAWA 608000
Nazih Al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad. 15-2-55

Page 814

METALCOUCO
LONDON
DUSSELDORF  PAGE 017  AWAIT 023
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 20-2-55
⟦illegible⟧

Page 815

BIG TANK ACCEPTED ACCORDING DRAWING 775 AND PROPOSAL
1C STOP SMALL TANKS DEMANDED IMPERIAL GALLONS WITH 26 FEET
WATERDEPHT AND 80 FEET HEIGHT STOP PROPOSE CHANGE ACCORDING
DRAWING 774 AND PROPOSAL 2A STOP CABLE REPLY AND SEND
DRAWINGS
KUHNE
⟦line⟧⟦signature⟧⟦line⟧
Kuhne c/o Nazih- al-Sawaidi Ltd.Co ,Baghdad

Page 816

LT JUCHO
DORTMUND
SECURED CONTRACT FOUR MOUSUL TANKS STOP SEND NEW GUARANTEE FOR
4676 DINARS PERIOD FIFTEEN MONTHS STOP DISCUSSING TECHNICAL
DETAILS
Nazih Al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 16-2-55

Page 817

URGENT
JUCHO
DORTMUND
FOUND WAY TO INCREASE PRICES BY £3000 FOR IMPERIAL GALLONS CABLE
URGENTLY YOUR ACCEPTANCE IF NOT WILL FORFEIT GUARANTEE
Nazih al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 15-1-55

Page 818

LT JUCHO
DORTMUND
5
YOURS FOURTEENTH DEPARTMENT WILL INSIST TO ACCEPT OUR TENDER AT
£90112 IMPERIAL GALLONS ⟦IF⟧ NOT FORFEIT GUARANTEE STOP CABLE
INCREASE PRICES AND WILL DOBEST TO COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH
DEPARTMENT EITHER USGALLONS OR IMPERIAL
KUEHNE
MR. Kuehne,
C/O Nazih al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad. 15-1-55

Page 819

3
URGENT
JUCHO
DORTMUND
ERECTION PRICE POUND 72 PER TON EXCLUDING PILES AND CAPS STOP
CALCULATIONS SENT SEVENTH NO ⟦4⟧8 STOP RECOMMEND ACCEPT IMPERIAL
GALLONS
KUEHNE
MR. Kuehne c/o:
Nazih al - Swaidi co. ltd.
Baghdad 13-1-55
⟦signature⟧

Page 820

⟦red vertical mark⟧
URGENT
JUCHO
DORTMUND
⟦line⟧
TO SECURE ORDER CONFIRM URGENT TELEGRAM GALLONS TOBE IMPERIAL AND
NEW DIMENSIONS WITHOUT CHANGING PRICES
⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 12-1-55

Page 821

SAURER
ARBON
AWAIT OUR LETTER BEFORE SENDING QUOTATIONS SALEH IBRAHIM
ALSWAIDI
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad, 6-2-55
⟦Swaidi⟧

Page 822

LT METALCOUCO
LONDON
HAMBURG CABLE LOWEST OFFER AND SHIPMENT 300 TONS BARS SIZES QUARTER
TWENTY 3/8 FORTY HALF EIGHTY 5/8 EIGHTY 3/4 FORTY 7/8 TWENTY ONE INCH
TWENTY STOP HUNDRED TONS 5/16 HUNDRED QUARTER 200 3/8
ALSWAIDI
Nazih al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.,
Baghdad 21-1-55

Page 823

LT JUCHO
DORTMUND
⟦line⟧
SAMAWA BRIDGE NO EXTENSION POSSIBLE STOP MOSUL NOT YET DECIDED
AWAIT DRAWINGS AND NEW DETAILS AS DEMANDED
ALSWAIDI
⟦line⟧
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 29-1-55

Page 824

METALCOUCO
LONDON
⟦line⟧
DUSSELDORF LAHMEYER COULD SEND TENDER UP TWENTEETH JANUARY
⟦line⟧
Nazih Al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad 15-1-55
⟦illegible⟧

Page 825

URGENT
JUCHO
DORTMUND
MOSUL TANKS OUR QUOTATIONS BEST CONFRIM URGENT CABLE CAPACITIES
IN GALLONS TO SECURE ORDER
⟦Nazih⟧
Nazih al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.,
Baghdad 12-1-55