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'File 53/83 VII (D 147) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling' [144r] (291/506)
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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would "be aiBGMhued with hla In detail, r-nc I had every
tiifest i't -l^hw "be . to reach a m.tlsr^ctory
uaderfttanaln^* But uis :»jesty*8 aovernnie-it would Tina it
very aUTicalt 10 admit tiny Iraqi claim, t^ised on leg»l or
historical grounds, the Iru^i Oovernr.ent were ever to , ut
forward »uoh t. clela, to sovereignty over ov.elt• His
ijicellency re^ lieu that iie aid. not wisa to Inelet on this
point, i&na thought thet the legal ua act of the oese i^ight
lae entirely set in the a cue a lone on the } recti cal
pointSf l#e- the A roble m of smuggling end the est^bllehaent
ot & aew Ire^l >'Ort, hlcn he wished to raise*
c« ivS regards the rati fleet Ion of the >ren co-Syrian
freety, the only point which I wlsneu to -it- ,.e was thet his
;-lttjesty f s Dover!laent had never brought vreesure to bear on
the French aovern;:ieat In this mutter, nor h^d taey even
discussed It with the French uovern.ient, since it was in
fact s latter with which ■ Is laj«»ty f » ooverment did not
rsgsra themselves as directly concerned# .Is : xoellency
then e^ lalnsd in soae detail his anxiety i;t the dengeroas
policy which he felt that the French Govern sent were
pursuing la this matter* he ho H ed that the French
Govera^ent coula be persuaded to proceed at an early date
with the rat li 1 lest i m of the Franco-Syr Ian Treaty # and
that they woulu not Ina1st on setting u^ s special regime
in the Ij^er jesiren which would have no r er-ic.nence and
would be s danger to Iraq*
7. ivs regards Ale*sndretts f Mis Excellency hoi ed
that his Majesty* s Govemaent would be able to sui^ort# at
soae saltable moment in the iuture, s yropossl for a new
settle en v
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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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