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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [144r] (287/440)
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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a Kuwait are unlikely to agree - notably the problem of
ar south of Safwan "just South" is. This question,
ver, seems to have been considerably narrowed by the
admissions contained in the Iraqi note off the 25th June,1940
forwarded to you with Baghdad Embassy despatch No.360/10/40
dated the 27th June, 1940 and the other questions are unlikely
to be more acute now than they were in 1939. 10^7
8. The Shaikh’s attitude will probably be just as it
was described in Colonel Dickson’s letter No.80 dated the
7th June, 1932 and it is probable that he will endeavour
to take a minor part in the demarcation and to take shelter
behind His Majesty’s Government from the slings and arrows
of the Iraqi Nationalist Press.
9. Iraqi objections to demarcation# in the past appear
to have arisen from the hope that they might at some future
date annex part or all of Kuwait should British influence
in the Middle East and British support for the Shaikh of
Kuwait decrease as a result of developments elsewhere. It
appears that Iraq may demand revision of her treaty with
Great Britain with the object of decreasing her influence
in Iraq, and, should this happen, I regard it as of prime
importance that we should make our consent to such revision
conditional upon a staisfactory demarcation of the Kuwait -
Iraq frontier.
10. The only objection that I can see to demarcation '
is that it might arouse or accentuate ill-feeling between
the parties. In my opinion this objection should not be
allowed to prevail unless His Majesty’s Government are
certain that British influence in Iraq and the friendliest
relations between Iraq and Kuwait.and Iraq and His Majesty’s
Government will remain indefinitely.
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- 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