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'File 53/83 VII (D 147) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling' [135r] (273/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (253 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1938-31 Mar 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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promoters of the Baghdad railway, that the
terminus should be on the sea and not on the
Shatt-al-Arah.
4 # - just "before the War of 1914-1918, Kuwait was an
autonomous qadha of the Wllayat of Basra, The Iraqi Government,
as the successor of the Ottoman Government in the Wilayats of
Mosul, Baghdad and Basra, considers that Kuwait should properly
be incorporated in Iraq. If Incorporation should take place,
Itaq would agree to maintain the local autonomy of Kuwait with
a guarantee in the form of a special statute, but of course
without prejudice to Iraqi sovereignty.
5, - If His Majesty's Govern ient will agree to the incorporation
of Kuwait in Iraq, the two problems referred to in paragraph 1
will be automatically solved. If not, the solution of each must
be found separately.
6. - Solution of the smuggling and arms -traffic problem can
be sought by one of the three following methods, arranged in
order of effectiveness;
(a) A custons Union between Iraq and Kuwait, Kuwait
to receive a fixed amual sun in lieu of its
pre sent cus toms reve nue:
(b) the northern frontier line of Kuwait to run from
west to east at about lat.290 35' instead of
about 30O N. as at present, so as to give the
Iraqi preventive services more space in which to
operate south of Zubair, Shaiba and other
villages south of the Hammar Lake;
(c) combined preventive operations.
7. - As regards direct access to the sea, t..- alternative
positions for a port and railway terminus sug-est themselves
for investigation?~
(a) a suitable site to be selected on Kuwait Bay;
(D) the inland extension of the Khor Abdullah, named
on/
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This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The majority of the correspondence discusses details regarding arms trafficking from Kuwait into Iraq and incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces.
Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials. It also contains translated copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and the British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait as well as correspondence between the British Embassy in Baghdad and the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The file contains a write-up of a meeting held at the Foreign Office in London in October 1938 that was attended by Taufiq Suwaidi, the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs (ff 125-129).
The file also contains a report on arms traffic in the region from December 1938 that was compiled by a Saudi informant (ff 165-169). The report includes a comparative table of the prices of rifles and ammunition in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait.
A large hand-drawn map of the Arabian Peninsula is contained in the file on folio 173.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (253 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1C.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D and has the following omissions: 68, 126, 128, 131.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- front,front-i,i-r:i-v,1r:1v,1ar:1dv,2r:67v,69r:125v,127r:127v,129r:130v,132r:172v,174r:249v,ii-r:ii-v,back-i,back
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