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'File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling' [85r] (179/512)
The record is made up of 1 volume (256 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1941-5 Apr 1946. 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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Sxt»6258/42.
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.
,
T/hitehall,
S.W.1.
24 November,1942<
Dear Caocia,
r
Would you ploaso rofor to your letter to Rwribold No,X,10560/
1298/503 of November 10th and to my personal telegram to Prior No.
'19515 of Novcdbcr 11th. nbou t the disposal of five cars roquisitioncd
dated Nqvember 17th r 19LZ,) "by the Sheikh of Kov/oit. I enclose
a copy of Prior's reply. .
Your letter makes out a case for one of these cars to "be handed
over to tho Embassy at Bagdad and another to the Consul—General at
Basraj and you imply that unless Prior can 'bo persuaded to modify his
attitude these retirements crnnot "bo mot. But both Thompson's
tabgram No,1107'of November 3rd and Prior 's telegram maka it clear
that the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
has agreed from tho first that tvo out of
the five cars should be made available for Iraq. Moreover, thoro
seems general agroement that of tho others one should bo kept by
the Sheikh and another allotted to a member of the Political
Resident's staff. Henoo the controversy between Thompson and Prior
relates simply and solely to the disposal of tho lifth oar.
Y/o are impressed by Prior's arguments to the oifoot that it is
in the public interest that this oar should bo kept by another
member of his staff; and we do not feel able to press him further
on this comparatively small issue, especially new that the car has
been cleared through tho Customs at Bushire and taken into uso^ thoro.
- 9 c
Since the above was draftod J have received a telegram from
Oaroe, 0. copy of which I enclose, reporting that the G-ovomment of
India have recently issued an export licence for a motor car
consigned to H.M. Consul-Ooneral at Basra. This affords an additional
reason for not going back to Prior about tho 1 ifth Kowoit oar.
Yours sinoeroly,
Hu
A. Caooia, Esq,,
Foreign Office,
S.W.1.
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This file contains correspondence regarding smuggling from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence covers a number of topics including discussions regarding the current level of smuggling activity between the two countries, incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, interference with Kuwaiti vessels by Iraqi Customs launches within Kuwait territorial waters, the importation of cars and tyres into Kuwait, the activities of Shaikh Subah Al Nasir Al Subah [Ṣabāḥ al-Nāṣir Āl Ṣabāḥ], a grandson of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the shooting of Shaikh Mohamed Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah [Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] by Iraqi police forces.
Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials, but 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 Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Embassy in Baghdad.
The file contains an original letter (f. 143v) from Shaikh Aḥmad to Charles Geoffrey Prior, the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 24 October 1944. The letter is in Arabic and signed by Shaikh Aḥmad.
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- 1 volume (256 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last page of content (i.e. text); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. A second foliation sequence is present between ff 2-222; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
The file also has a pagination sequence that is present in the index section at the back of the volume; these numbers are written in a combination of blue crayon, black ink, and pencil.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 58, 58A, and 58B; 68, and 68A; 195, and 195A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/539
- Title
- 'File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:58v, 58ar:58bv, 59r:68v, 68ar:68av, 69r:143r, 144r:195v, 195ar:195av, 196r:248v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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