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‘File 25/4 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of Alliance, 1930’ [‎11v] (22/40)

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The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 30 Jun 1930-5 Jul 1945. It was written in English. 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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in ‘Iraq for the establishment of a Port Trust having legal
personality, and such legislation shall not be amended, except
by agreement with the Government of the United Kingdom,
so long as any part of the debt owing to the Government of
the United Kingdom in respect of the port is still outstanding.
Upon the enactment of the above legislation and the
establishment of the Port Trust, the property in the port shall
be transferred to the ‘Iraq Government in whose name it will
then be registered, and, simultaneously with such trans.er,
full beneficial ownership shall be conferred, by lease,
sion or other appropriate instrument, the terms of which shall
be subject to the approval of the Government of the United
Kingdom, upon the Port Trust for the period during which
any part of the debt owing to the Government of the United
Kingdom in respect of the port remains outstanding.
I have, etc.,
(Signed) F.H. HIJMPHPYS.
His Excellency, Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Sa'id, C.M.G., U.S.O.,
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iraq.
11
London,
19th August, 1930.
I R
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
note of to-day’s date setting out the provisions to be con
sidered as embodying the separate agreement on all financial
questions referred to in the second exchange of notes between
Your Excellency and myself at the time of signature of the
treaty of alliance on the 90th June, 1930, and to confirm
that your note accurately sets out the agreement at v hie i
we have arrived.
I have, etc.,
(Signed) KOI Rl SAI D.
His Excellency, Sir F. H. Humphrys, G.C.Y.O., K.C.M.G.,
Fl P F C 1 FI
His Britannic Majesty’s High Commissioner in ‘Iraq.
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The file contains papers relating to press and parliamentary demands in Iraq, emerging during June 1945, for a renegotiation of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of Alliance of 1930. These papers are as follows:

  • a printed copy of the ‘Treaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and ‘Iraq, with Exchanges of Notes’, signed in Baghdad on 30 June 1930 (ff 3-11);
  • a white paper (ff 13-16) entitled ‘Parliamentary and Press Campaign for the Revision of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of Alliance of 1930’, prepared by the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI) and dated 5 July 1945, outlining: recent agitation in the Iraqi press for a change to the status quo in relations between Britain and Iraq; recent parliamentary debate in Iraq regarding the treaty; the start of an ‘anti-imperialist’ campaign in Iraq, in response to British intervention in Syria; news reports of Iraqi demands for a revision of the Treaty, and the subsequent response in the Iraqi press; a list of points of issue in the Treaty, as defined by Nur ud-Din Dawud of the an-Nida newspaper. A distribution list for the paper (f 12) is included in the file;
  • an appendix to the above CICI paper, also dated 5 July 1945 (f 18), stating that American dissatisfaction with Britain’s ambassadorial arrangements with Iraq – in comparison to the United States’ own, inferior diplomatic status – is a reason for the need to amend the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. The distribution list for the appendix (f 17) is much smaller than that for the main paper (f 12), indicating its secret, rather than confidential nature.
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1 file (18 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 19) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 20; 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. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 12-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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