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'File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [‎139r] (282/542)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 23 May 1935-13 Jun 1936. 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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D.Q.No.O-lQ.
POLIT IGiiL ii£i§*CY, '<.■
KUWAIT. '•
The 9th January 1936.
ti es of _Pao Gu&toras haunch in Kuwait waters-
•3, dated
on
My dear Fowle,
Please see your Confidential U.O.No. 10B4-,
20th December 1935.
2. as ordered by you, I discussed your suggest!
privately and confidentially with the ohailih through owing
to the Xmas, Id and Dew Year festivities, I was only able to
do thi fter despatch of ray confidential Express Letter
/
No.G-4 of 2nd January, which formea the subject of yet
another complaint against the ifao Customs Launch.
Zc The Dhaikh, I fear, reacted rather badly to your
suggestion, and pointed out, that to place a boat of his
flying the Kuwait flag and cent aft ing some of his "fidawis"
(men corresponding to Police) merely as an "observing party"
would do no good at all as far as he could see and would
only be a useless expense, for it was Quite certain that
whatever the occupants of the boat reported, the Iraq
authorities would, as they have always done hitherto, give
a point blank denial to the story, and say that it was an
invention on the part of biased officials, who themselves were
interested in smuggling.
4 # 'phe Shaikh asked me to remind you that in the
following incidents which had taken place in the past it was
either Kuwait paid officials, or otate fidawis, who he< seen
and reported the activities of the Kao Customs launch, yet
their reports had been dismissed as invent!oyAlies by the
Iraq Government, so he saw no reason to suppose that they
(the Iraq authorities) would take up any other attitude
The Hon'ble Lt.-Colonel T.C.?owle,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the i'ersian UnU ,
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The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement for cooperation for checking smuggling on the lines which had been contemplated. British Government officials also suggested various methods to control smuggling such as a system of manifests, trade control posts, as well as the appointment of a British Director of Customs at Kuwait.

The volume includes minutes of a meeting held in London discussing the question of Kuwait-Iraq smuggling with the Shaikh of Kuwait, a list of regulations of the Customs Code in Iraq issued by the King of Iraq and published in the official gazette, correspondence related to a number of cases of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by Iraq Customs launches, as well as the arrest and detention of Kuwaiti nationals.

The Shaikh raised his complaints to 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. who in turn shared the Shaikh’s concerns with other British officials. On the other hand, complaints were also raised by the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the Kuwaiti Government’s lack of control of its border lines.

Lists of violation incidents are also included in the volume. Each list includes the following information: date and place of occurrence by whom, a summary of the incident, date of report to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and the Iraqi Government’s reply. The volume also includes summary lists of Iraqi newspaper articles which discuss Iraq-Kuwait related issues including smuggling, and the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq.

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1 volume (267 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 269; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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