'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [‎236r] (476/624)

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indirectly contributes a menace to the security of a
neighbouring State. I am therefore to request that
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. may he ashed to make further
investigation into the matter in the light of the Iraqi
Minister’s contentions^ so far as may he possible
pending the production of any detailed evidence which
the Iraq authorities may he able to supply. Even
if further examination tends to confirm the statement
made by 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. in his express letter
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of the 21st July^No. 427.S. to the Air Officer Commanding
Iraq that nobody in Koweit from the Sheikh downwards,
obtain any profit from this traffic, or is in any way
engaged in it, the Secretary of State feels that it is
desirable, if only to provide an effective answer to
the Iraqi allegations, that we should satisfy ourselves
that the control of the sale of arms in Soweit is
adequate, and it will be observed that the Foreign Office
have promised that further consideration should be given
to the suggestion made by Major Edmonds to tnis ex feet.
The Secretary of State will therefore be i- 1 ^ ie
Government of India will consider, in consultation
with 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. , whether some stricter form
of control is necessary and if so what measures can
"be devised for the purpose* In seeking the conse
of the Sheikh to action of this nature it would be
relevant to remind him ox the proclamation iss ed
his predecessor in 1900 in pursuance of his undertaking
to prohibit absolutely the importation o- '-rn s
Koweit or the exportation of arms therefrom (vide
Aitchison XI pp* 262 f•)
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