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'File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling' [‎117r] (243/512)

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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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TD00106/56
7)
3rd August, 1944,
First Secretary (Commercial)
British Srabassy,
Baghdad.
Inter-Territorial Koveraent Control of Motor Transport .
P t % ^
Receipt is acKnowledged of your letter No.879(53/14/44)
of the 27th July.
It is proposed to deal with this subject as an
international transport neasure and not with particular reference
to any measures that may be taken in connection with the
forthcoming pilgrimage. Separate communications will be issued
shortly by the Minister Resident on the latter subject.
»
I am entirely in agreement with your proposals that
the neighbouring States concerned shoulo, formulate legislation
in conjunction with each other. I made this proposal at the^
January meeting of the Inter-territorial Road Transport Committee
and on being advised by Major Hegarty of Palestine 1 and by^Col. Le
Blanc that machinery had been set up for the prevention of ohe
export of vehicles I asked that details of any exisi-ing and
proposed regulations should be sent to Col. C-rii .in, Hon. - 0 -etarj
I understand that no further information has yet been received fran
Col. Le Blanc and if he will produce it at the next meeting, I
shall be only too glad to pursue the matter to the limit.
The case of Kuwait however, requires^different ^
treatment in that, to the best of my knowledge, it has no suitable
authority who could sit on our Committee. This is a tauter
which I suggest can only be solved by Col.^Le^Blanc visiting
Kuwait personally. I can advise you that i"t i s ^ ie inlye > iiLlon
of the'Minister Resident to cause representations to^be raaae ^o
the Shaikh of Kuwait and to H.M. Ibn
• ■" tt h ' t\ t * * 4- -yt
are shortly being sent in this connection to H.M. Minister,
Jedda and to the 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. , Kuwait.
DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORT.
Copies tot-
Brigadier Clayton, Minister Resident's Of ice.
M .E.S.C. Representative, Baghdad. ,
H.M. Minister, Jedda.^
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. , Kuwait.
TD00101/IRQ.
(N.3. From Minister Resident's Office, Cairo)

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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