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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 English Translation, Pages 1201-1225

Archival unit 1201

LT
METALCOUCO
LONDON
⟦line⟧
DUSSELDORF TENDER FOR DERBANDIKHAN DAM WILL BE ISSUED AT BAGHDAD
AND BONN ON TWENTIETH ADVICE DYCHERHOFF WIDMANN STOP TELEGRAPH
INSTRUCTIONS.
ALSWAIDI
⟦line⟧
Nazih al Swaidi Co. ltd.
Baghdad. 18-4-55

Archival unit 1202

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

Archival unit 1203

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

Archival unit 1204

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

Archival unit 1205

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

Archival unit 1206

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

Archival unit 1207

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

Archival unit 1208

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

Archival unit 1209

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

Archival unit 1210

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

Archival unit 1211

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

Archival unit 1212

LT JUCHO
DORTMUND
⟦line⟧
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
⟦line⟧
Mr. Kuhne
c/o Nazih Al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Baghdad. 20-2-55

Archival unit 1213

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

Archival unit 1214

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

Archival unit 1215

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

Archival unit 1216

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⟧
Kuhne c/o Nazih- al-Sawaidi Ltd.Co ,Baghdad

Archival unit 1217

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

Archival unit 1218

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

Archival unit 1219

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

Archival unit 1220

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⟧

Archival unit 1221

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
1

Archival unit 1222

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

Archival unit 1223

LT METALCOCO
LONDON
⟦line⟧
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
⟦line⟧
Nazih al-Swaidi Co. Ltd.,
Baghdad 21-1-55

Archival unit 1224

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

Archival unit 1225

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