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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [79r] (157/440)
The record is made up of 1 file (218 folios). It was created in 21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949. 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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CONFIDENTIAL
(360/25/40)
Kuwcii i eceipt
Dated
&
50th August,1940
My dear Ba&gallay
oo OJ - xc *Jr> ^ |
I enclose herein a copy of a letter from
A'
\ A
Edmonds commenting on the enclosure to ycur letter
of May 5th to the
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.
(No.E 1758/309/91)
about the interpretation to be given to the definition
of the Koweit-Iraq frontier laid down by Sir Percy Oox.
It may be a pity that he did not reply sooner but it
is not surprising as he in common with all of us has
had much too much to do during the summer which has
been exceptionally hot.
i have not studied at all closely the
points which he now raises, and I do not propose to « >
delay action on your telegram No. 356 of July 31st '
foi' the technical examination v^hich may be required.
The points of interpretation which will be
put forward to the Iraqi Government will be only
a basis for discussion and the Iraqi Government will
have ample opportunity to make counter proposals if
they wish to do so. In the meanwhile you may care
to pass Edmonds 1 letter to the experts so that they
may be ready with their views if the Iraqis take up
his points. >
after his palm tree but I agree with the Political
Resident who strongly deprecates any x-eversion to
this method of defining an important point, and is
confident that it will be easy to ascertain the position
of the notice board which was improperly removed by
the Iraqis in March last year for the second time.
It was replaced the xirst time and obviously can be
again. ,/he re as wnat is a palm of Safvvan, and how
is it to be distinguished from a palm of Eubair or
a palm of Fao? The whole of Southern Iraq is dotted
with palms. I should say therefore that it would be
much easier to obliterate any given palm than the
position of a unique notice beard which was in situ
for sixteen years until it was forcibly removed for the
second time.
6 - * am sending copies of this letter and its
enclosure to Bushire and howoit.
Yours ever
) Basil A
ttvion.
H.X.BAOOALLAY BSQ.
4/
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This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr port in Iraq and the potential implications thereof.
The primary correspondents in the file are British officials from the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Consulate in Basra.
The file also contains a letter to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translation) and a limited amount of correspondence with the Government of Iraq (folios 46 and 110).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/185
- Title
- 'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:36v, 38r:45v, 47r:109v, 111r:219v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence