Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding a request made by the merchant Ali R Reza to import powdered milk from a supplier based in the United States.The correspondence includes Reza's original request sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain and related correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Bushire and New Delhi.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-6; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.