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'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.' [63r] (125/312)
The record is made up of 1 volume (154 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1939-29 Feb 1948. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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.O. No. 0/157
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Kuwait,
April 4, 1939.
My dear Sir Trenchard,
A
I enclose a copy of a ♦secret and personal* letter
received from the Air Liaison Officer, Basra, which may
he oi interest. It gives an idea of the atmosphere in
Iraq, created by the recent propaganda from Baghdad.
It is also interesting that both the Naval and Boyal
Air force Intelligence Officers in Basra should indepen
dently have produced a more or less similar story frora
Iraq, officials about a plan for occupation by Iraq, of the
northern half of Kuwait territory.
2. It looks rather as if there were a plan, as they
heard; its lines perhaps being that the Iraq. Army forces
would only carry out movements near the frontier which
could be explained away by the Iraq Government to us
afterwards. A few cars from Safwan (patrolling after
smugglers), some paid Nejdis, (for whom responsibility
could be disowned), Iraqi tribesmen, (some of whom in any
case come into Kuwait territory at this time of year for
the grazing) were to demonstrate, so that the ’Youth Party’
of Kuwait could take advantage of the atmosphere thus
produced, supplemented by the Baghdad Broadcast propaganda,
and by the movement of the Iraqi Army forces near the
frontier, to carry out a coup in favour of themselves and
Iraq., fortunately the * Youth Party* was never strong and
is/
Tbe Hon’ble Sir Trenchard fowle, KOIS., QBE.,
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
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Bushire.
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The correspondence also contains reports about members of Al-Naqib family from Basra who were appointed as envoys from Baghdad with instructions to offer official advice to the Ruler of Kuwait. A particular name that appears in the volume is Sayid Hamid Bey Al-Naqib, Basra Deputy to the Ruler of Kuwait.
The correspondence also discusses the following: the refusal by Ibn Saud of any form of unity between Iraq and Kuwait, the issue of encouraging Persian immigration to Kuwait, and the petitions raised by members of the Legislative Council in Kuwait, 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. , Kuwait, to assist in releasing political prisoners in Kuwait.
The correspondence also contains letters and newspaper extracts regarding Khalid Sulaiman al-‘Adsani, Secretary of the dissolved Legislative Council in Kuwait, and about the Arab Youth movement called al-Ansar, which calls for Arab unity. Most of the correspondence in the volume (ff 2-136) is dated 1939.
The main correspondence is between the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, and the British Embassy, Jeddah.
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- 1 volume (154 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 156; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-154; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/127
- Title
- 'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:49v, 51r:52v, 54r:54v, 56r:67v, 69r:119v, 121r:130v, 134r:136v, 139r:139v, 141r:141v, 143r:146v, 149r:149v, 151r:155v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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