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Coll 17/20(2) 'Iraq. Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1948.' [23r] (45/56)
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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ANNEXUKE
Article 1
(a) "I’lie High Contracting Parties recognise the importance of air bases as
an essential element in the defence of Iraq itself and of international security •
and as a link in the essential communications of both parties. They agree
moreover that, in the common interests of both of them, His Britannic
Majesty must be in a position to discharge his obligations under Article 3 of
tla^Treaty.
in the event of either High Contracting Party becoming involved
in war, or of a menace of hostilities, His Majesty the King of Iraq will invite
His Britannic Majesty to bring immediately to Iraq the necessary forces of
all arms and will furnish to His Britannic Majesty on Iraqi territory all the
facilities and assistance in his power, including the use of railways, rivers,
ports, aerodromes and lines of communication on the same financial terms
as those applicable to the forces of His Majesty the King of Iraq.
(c) To maintain the Iraqi bases at Habbaniya and Shaiba at all times,
whether of peace or of war, in the necessary state of operational efficiency,
His Britannic Majesty will provide at these bases the necessary technical
staff, installations and equipment, and subject to paragraph (e) of Article 2
below will meet the cost of such maintenance. No use shall be made of
these two air bases for civil aviation except on the recommendation of the
Joint Defence Board referred to in Article 5 of this Annexure. In the event
of such use being so recommended, the financial provisions of Article 2 of this
Annexure will be revised.
(d) Until such time as Peace Treaties have entered into force with all
ex-enemy countries, His Majesty the King of Iraq grants to operational
units of the Air Forces of His Britannic Majesty free access to and use of
the two air bases referred to in (c) above, it being understood that the Peace
Treaties are to be deemed to be fully in force when the Allied Forces are
withdrawn from the territories of all ex-enemy States.
After such time as the Peace Treaties have fully entered into force, His
Majesty the King of Iraq may invite such units to use the bases on the
advice of the Joint Defence Board in the light of circumstances then
prevailing.
(c) His Majesty the King of Iraq agrees to permit aircraft of His
Britannic Majesty in transit across Iraq freely to use the air bases of
Habbaniya and Shaiba.
(/) The air bases of Habbaniya and Shaiba shall be used jointly and in
co-operation by the Royal Iraqi Air Force and such units of the Air Forces of
His Britannic Majesty as may be disposed there.
(g) His Britannic Majesty shall not be called upon to pay any charges in
respect of the use of any other landing grounds in Iraq by his air forces.
Article 2 \
(a) His Majesty the King of Iraq will provide at his expense the forces
necessary for the guarding of the air bases at Habbaniya and Shaiba.
(b) Day-to-day operation of the bases and their security arrangements
shall be mutually arranged between the Iraqi and British Commanding
Officers, who will each retain the final responsibility for the movement of
the units of his own country.
(c) The administration of the units of each country, including acconnnoda-
tion arrangements, shall be separate except where it is decided to pool
resources.
34807 B 2
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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.
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- 1 file (28 folios)
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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.
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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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