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Coll 17/20(2) 'Iraq. Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1948.' [20r] (39/56)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1948-19 Mar 1948. 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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FOR-nian OFFICE S # v # i
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I transmit herevith a eony of the tert of the Treaty
sigmo w ith the Iraqi delegation at Portsmouth on January
i.jth. attached thereto are conies of three letters and
their acknowledgments which were signed at the same time
and v, hi on have been published with the Treat/, < nd conies
o ree lurther letcers and their acknowledgments vhich
vvtre signed subsequently, but which are not to be
p ibliaht.a. I also enclose- the text oi a letter from the
Ir^qi Prime .uinister, about the Ijevies which was
originally intended to be despatched on the return of the
delegation^ to Bagdad, but which was in fact signed in
uondon. This letter also is not to be published.
2 ‘, I acn ending conies of this desnatch to His
ablest/ s Pe present at ives at .ashington, Paris, I oscov^
^mnan, Beirut, Cairo Darascus, Jedda, Tehran, ^ngora!
athc-ns, 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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and to
united kingdom High Commissioners at t >t CV i Delhi and Karachi
T am, with great truth,
fir,
Your obedient Servant,
(For the Secretary of State)
and
the
D.I,. Busk, ’ sq. , C.’ f .G.
etc., etc., etc.,
Bagdad.
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The file mainly contains papers relating to the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty [the Treaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and Iraq] of 1948, which were mostly sent to the Commonwealth Relations Office by the Foreign Office. These papers include: a copy of a speech by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the signature of the Treaty on 15 January 1948; the text of a speech on ‘The Foreign Policy of Iraq’, delivered by Mohammed Fadhil al Jamali, then Foreign Minister of Iraq, on 16 January 1948; a copy of the Treaty; and Foreign Office correspondence with the Prime Minister of Iraq Saleh Jabr, and others.
These papers also include a telegram from the Commonwealth Relations Office to the Governments of India and Pakistan, regarding the rejection of the Treaty by the Government of Iraq.
The file also includes two items of correspondence between the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations of the Government of Pakistan, regarding copies of the Financial Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Iraq, Supplementary to the Agreement of 13 August 1947, and copies of the latter Agreement of 1947.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (28 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. Serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil 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 2-27; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2881B
- Title
- Coll 17/20(2) 'Iraq. Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1948.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:7v, 18r:20v, 27r:27v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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