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Coll 17/20(2) 'Iraq. Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1948.' [‎24v] (48/56)

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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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He further undertakes that the armament and essential equipment of
his forces shall not differ in type from those of the forces of His Britannic
Majesty.
Article 10
His Majesty the King of Iraq undertakes to grant general permission
to His Britannic Majesty’s ships to visit the Shatt-al-Arab on the under
standing that His Majesty the King of Iraq is given prior notification of
visits to Iraqi ports.
EXCHANGES OF LETTERS
No. 1
Mr. Ernest Bevin to His Excellency Saiyid Saleh Jahr
Portsmouth,
Your Excellency, 15th January, 1948
On the occasion of the signature of the Treaty of Alliance between
Great Britain and Iraq, I have the honour to assure Your Excellency that,
with a view to assisting the Iraqi Government in their desire to carry out
extensive plans of economic and social development, His Majesty’s Govern
ment in the United Kingdom will do all in their power to meet the requests
of the Iraqi Government for the services of any experts or officials with
technical qualifications of whom the Iraqi Government may stand in need.
I have, &c.
ERNEST BEVIN.
No. 2
His Excellency Saiyid Saleh Jahr to Mr. Ernest Bevin
Portsmouth,
Your Excellency, 15th January, 1948
I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of to-day’s date which reads
as follows: —
[As in No. 1]
I have, &c.
SALEH JABR.
No. 3
Mr. Ernest Bevin to His Excellency Saiyid Saleh Jahr
Portsmouth,
Your Excellency, \5th January, 1948
In connexion with the Treaty signed by us to-day I desire on behalf
of my Government to inform you that the military installations in the
Basra area, built by the British forces during the War of 1939-45, specified
below will be handed over free of charge to the Iraqi Government.

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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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