| Description | Folder of presscuttings, telex reports and other papers relating to trade and industry in Iraq prior to the Second Gulf War. Topics covered include Iraqi manufacture and production industries such as carton manufacture, phosphates and heavy metals, gas processing, textiles, computer maintenance, aircraft repair, a feature in the Miami Herald (June 1988) on American lumber exporters Dantzler on their acquisition of a $40 million contract with Iraq and the pros and cons of doing business in the Middle East, general articles about Iraqi policy on industrial productivity, ra four-page typed list of American companies in Iraq in January 1979, details of UK participants at the Baghdad International Trade Fair (1-15 October 1981, and 1983), a sheaf of cuttings and reports on the Baghdad Trade Fair in November 1989, statistics on imports and exports, articles about relationships and contracts with French, German and Japanese companies and contractors. |