مجموعة ٢٠/١٧(١) "المعاهدة الأنجلو-عراقية لسنة ١٩٣٠. مراجعة معاهدة ١٩٤٨" [و‎‎١‎٣] (٣٠٤/٢٥)

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ANNEXUHE
Article 1
(a) 1 lie High Contracting Parties recognise the importance of air bases as
an essential element in tiio defence of Iraq itself and of international security
and as a link in the essential communications of both parties. They agree
moreover that, in the common interests of both of them, His Britannic
Majesty must be in a position to discharge his obligations under Article 8 of
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event of either High Contracting Party becoming involved
in war, or of a menace of hostilities, His Majesty the King of Iraq will invite
His Britannic Majesty to bring immediately to Iraq the necessary forces of
all arms and will furnish to His Britannic Majesty on Iraqi territory all the
facilities and assistance in his power, including the use of railways, rivers,
ports, aerodromes and lines of communication on the same financial terms
as those applicable to the forces of His Majesty the King of Iraq.
(c) lo maintain the Iraqi bases at Habbaniya and Shaiba at all times,
whether of peace or of war, in the necessary state of operational efficiency,
His Britannic Majesty will provide at these bases the necessary technical
staff, installations and equipment, and subject to paragraph (e) of Article 2
below will meet the cost of such maintenance. No use shall be made of
these two air bases for civil aviation except on the recommendation of the
J oint Defence Board referred to in Article 5 of this Annexure. In the event
of such use being so recommended, the financial provisions of Article 2 of this
Annexure will be revised.
(d) Until such time as Peace Treaties have entered into force with all
ex-enemy countries, His Majesty the King of Iraq grants to operational
units of the Air Forces of His Britannic Majesty free access to and use of
the two air bases referred to in (c) above, it being understood that the Peace
Treaties are to be deemed to be fully in force when the Allied Forces are
withdrawn from the territories of all ex-enemy States.
After such time as the Peace Treaties have fully entered into force, His
Majesty the King of Iraq may invite such units to use the bases on the
advice of the Joint Defence Board in the light of circumstances then
prevailing.
(V) His Majesty the King of Iraq agrees to permit aircraft of His
Britannic Majesty in transit across Iraq freely to use the air bases of
Habbaniya and Shaiba.
(/) The air bases of Habbaniya and Shaiba shall be used jointlv and in
co-operation by the Royal Iraqi Air Force and such units of the Air Forces of
His Britannic Majesty as may be disposed there.
(<7) His Britannic Majesty shall not be called upon to pay any charges in
respect of the use of any other landing grounds in Iraq by his air forces.
Article 2
(a) His Majesty the King of Iraq will provide at his expense the forces
necessary for the guarding of the air bases at Habbaniya and Shaiba.
(b) Day-to-day operation of the bases and their security arrangements
shall be mutually arranged between the Iraqi and British Commanding
Officers, who will each retain the final responsibility for the movement of
the units of his own country.
(c) The administration of the units of each country, including accommoda
tion arrangements, shall be separate except where it is decided to pool
resources.
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