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'File 4/22 III Umm Qasr' [7r] (13/78)
The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 30 Sep 1943-14 Sep 1949. 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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Forwarded to Polit;
(108/33/43)
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November 28th, 1943.
Koweit, vsrith the compliments of H.M.Embasa^ - , Bagdad
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CONFIDENTIAL
No-315
Kuwait Receipt
^ No )(>& $ Dated /frit 3
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Uajesty's Govermaent has been drawn to Notice N 0.36 in the Iraqi Government
His Majesty's Embassy presents its compliments to the hruiistry
of Foreign Affairs and has the honour to inform it that the^ttention of His
Gazette No.24, dated the 14th June 1942, relating to the port of Um Qasr.
2* As the Iraqi Government are aware, there has always Deen
some doubt about the exact line of the frontier between Iraq and Koweit in
this area. The definition of the frontier which binds both Iraq and
Koweit is the text notified to the League of Nations when Iraq became a mem
ber in 1932 , but the frontier has never been delimited on the ground ana
the application of the text of 1932 to the ground is not free from difficulty,
That the Iraqi Government themselves were aware that it was by no means
clear that the port area was all within Iraqi territory is shown by an
aide mdmoire on Koweit enclosed in a letter dated the 28th Septenber, 1938,
from the then Iraqi Foreign Minister to the United Kingdom delegate to the
League of Nations, in which Sayid Taufiq Suwaidi expressed the view that if
a site for a port were chosen on the inland extension of the Khor Abdullah
called Khor Zubair, a slight rectification of the frontier would be
to prejudice the question of where the frontier lies.
His Majesty's Embassy avails itself of tnis opportunity
involved-
3. It is clear, therefore, that until the frontier has been
demarcated, it is impossible to say with certainty how the frontier line
when traced on the ground will be with reference to the present port area
of Um Qasr. It is not the intention of His Majesty's Government to pro
post that any steps should be taken to delimit the frontier in the present
circumstances, but, in view of the notification issued by the Iraqi
post that any
Director-General of Ports and Navigation, referred to above, they think it
well formally to notify the Iraqi Government that nothing that is done
or has been
done with regard to the port of Um Qasr can be held in ary way
renew
the expression of its highest consideration.
British Embassy,
Bagdad*
Noveniber 2Vth, 194-3*
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the future of the port facilities that were constructed at Umm Qasr by the British military. Also discussed is the issue of whether or not Umm Qasr and the surrounding area fell within Iraqi or Kuwaiti territory.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains an aide memoire written by 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. in Kuwait, Gordon Noel Jackson in August 1944. This note discusses events concerning the development of the port at Umm Qasr from 1941 up until 1944 (folios 12-13).
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- 1 file (37 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 20-30; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 4/22 III Umm Qasr'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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