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Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud' [389r] (788/1010)
The record is made up of 1 volume (501 folios). It was created in 14 May 1935-27 Sep 1937. 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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, (b> I «.!«.« to »««» .to.., .»«. aorw tb,
debate of the morn lug, X enquired from the Senior
Saudi delegate as to whether from reports and
statistics at his disposal, he thought much
smuggling went across the frontier into Saudi Arabia
from Kuwait today * The answer was M Very little
( indeed, perhaps one smuggler is caught per month”.
I next suggested that this desirable state of affairs
was no doubt due to the splendid control maintained
on the frontier by the King # s preventive guards and
their Ocaoamander A1 Bagaawi - "That was so" - came
the reply* X then suggested, (emphasising that X
put the question purely out of a desire to help in
removing obstacles to an agreement) that as Saudi
frontier control was so good today and as to
existing frontier guards would certainly remain
on even if the "Customs rosts and Manifest System"
were introduced, whether he and his brother
delegates could not see their way to waive the
"guarantee clause", seeing that it was for all
practical purposes quite necessary.
The Senior dole gat© said he saw my point, but could
not budge from the standpoint already taken up by
him - (In an private aside to me he said he could
not go against the King’s orders in this matter,
for they were very explicit).
Mote * From the above, two things appear quite clear:-
(a) The delegates are acting under the King's direct
orders and have no power to do anything on their
own responsibility.
(b) Mr* Phil by's statement made to me when he was
here recently that snuggling into Kejd was still
very heavy, was not admitted by the Saudi delegates
to the Kuwait Conference and so cannot be relied
on. Moreover it should not be forgotten that
the two Senior Saudi delegates pose as experts,
whose sole job in life is to deal wijh Tariffs,
and frontier Customs questions convention with
baud! Arabia* (see D.O.letter ho. 106/o d/-13*4.35
in connection with Philby'd recent visit to Kuwait).
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This volume contains correspondence related to a trade blockade that was imposed on Kuwait by the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and more generally concerning relations between Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The correspondence in the volume consists of internal correspondence between British officials (including at the Foreign Office, 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 British Legation in Jeddah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait) as well as correspondence between British officials and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and officials from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The file also contains English language translations of letters that were passed between the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian delegations at negotiations mediated by Britain in June 1935.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- Treaty of Friendship and " Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. ", Protocol of Arbitration and Extradition Treaty between Iraq & Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies (folios 49-52)
- 'Draft Regulations For Trading Between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia' (folios 161-165)
- Account of Discussions at Riyadh by Andrew Ryan, 1935 (folios 232-237)
- Political Department Secret Memorandum entitled 'The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 292-293)
- 'Notes on Kuwait-Saudi Blockade Discussions' (folios 358-363)
- 'Note on the discussions between the Saudi delegates and the Kuwait Representatives, as They Took Place Each Day', June 1935 (folios 371-377)
- 'Note on the Discussions between Saudi Delegates and Kuwait Representatives' (folios 380-390)
- 'Record of Fourth Meeting with Fuad Bey Hamza at the Foreign Office on July 5, 1935' (folios 399-401)
The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (501 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 497; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 30/21(2) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit - Blockade by Ibn Saud'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:11v, 13r:95v, 97r:102v, 106r:112v, 116r:153v, 155r:181v, 183r:183v, 186r:267r, 270r:271v, 274r:302v, 306r:314v, 316r:363v, 367r:390v, 397r:431v, 435r:497v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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