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(L, 3354/3354/405)
The Queen's College,
Oxford.
23rd May, 1927,
74
Dear Sir,
I propose to go to Singapore by car, and have decided
As far
as Bulgaria, the carnet de passage and triptyques are issued,
but further the duty, an enormous one, has to be paid to the
Customs with no chance whatever of ropɛyment, So the
to go through Central Europe, Turkey and Persia.
Automobile Association tells me, It seems a pity to pay 20
of the value of the car just to cross a country, and as there
is very little chance of getting it back when once paid, I
wonder if it is possible to avoid payment. The only way
seems to be to prove to these Legations that we are bona fide
travellers with no intention of disposing the car in those
countries.
I went yesterday to the Persian Legation and was told
that they could do nothing without a notification from the
I should be Foreign Office and advised me to write to you.
happy, Sir, if you could advise me as to what exctly I must
do.
My desire is to get a letter from the diplomatic repre-
sentatives saying that we do not intend stopping in their
countries but are mere tourists who have, through natural oir-
cumstances, been forced to pas8. The object is to be excused
from paying the duty. Thus a letter to the Turkish Embassy
the Persian and the Bulgarian Lagations asking them to give
I hold us the necessary assistance would be very welcome.
a Colonial passport No.1679/24 taken in Singapore, where my
people are at present, the reason why I am undertaking this
journey.
I hope I will be obliged with a prompt reply.
I remain etc..
(sd.) M.J.Namazie.