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(c) Some modification of the 1954 proposals
more likely to "be acceptable to the Iraqi
G-overnment.
(d) Arbitration (c.f. paragraph 9).
Further action as regards the " compensation "
question vvill to some extent depend on i hich of the above
courses is to be adopted in the "possession" Question.
It is ior discussion v.hether the "compensation' 1 aspect can
be pursued independently of the ''possession" aspect
(c.f. ^aragraDh 19); v.hether a solution should be worked
out previously, concurrently or subsequently to the
"possession' 1 settlement (c.f. paragraphs 16 and 20); and
whether the settlement should be on the lines now proposed
by the Treasury (see paragraph 20) or whether another of
the alternative solutions proposed by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. in
1953 (see paragraph 13) should be pursued.
<33. It is possible that reference may be made during
the discussion to a despatch recently sent to the Ambassador
in connexion with the "oosition of the Sheikh of Poweit in
regard to civil suits in the Iraqi courts. Sir A. Clark
Kerr has been instructed to explain to the Iraci G-overnment
that the suits brought against the Sheikh in respect of his
real property in Iraq would normally have come within the
scope of the exception admitted by International Law to
the general rule of immunity from process of foreign
sovereigns, and that His iviajesty's Government would normally
have been prepared to transmit the relevant documents for
s -:rvice on the Sheikh, but that they nevertheless consider
themselves