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Coll 17/30(2) 'Proposed additional outlet to the sea in or near Kuwait territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.' [21r] (41/289)
The record is made up of 1 file (141 folios). It was created in 9 Sep 1942-21 Apr 1945. 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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5. It appears in fact that all three Service Departments
are directly-concerned with this project. The Admiralty are
concerned, in spite of the fact that the port is not required
for purely naval purposes, “because if the proposal is put into
effevCf , the Admiralty will pre-eumahly he the Government
I)epL ent which will have to undertake the responsihility for
operating the port. The Admiralty’s interest would, it is
assumed, also extend to the possihility of the port being
eventually used for the export of oil. The War Office are
concerned, because one of the main military reasons for
retaining the port in British control is in order to be able
to use it, in case of need, as an advanced base in connexion
with the defence of Abadan and the Persian oilfields; and
the Army Council will appreciate that the defence of the
important oil installations in Persia will have to be
organised after the war, when British and Soviet forces
have been withdrawn from Persian territory / from bases
outside Persia*, The Air Ministry are concerned; if only
because Um t*asr might be required in order to supply and
reinforce the British air bases in Iraq, especially if the
Shatt-al-Arab were closed.
G. Mr. Eden would therefore suggest that if, after
consultation, the Admiralty, the War Office and the Air
Ministry are agreed on the desirability of a British military port
at Um Qasr, they should furnish this department with a joint
memorandum setting out fully their reasons for considering
the project necessary or dec.rrble and, briefly, their
proposals for the establishment an.I ^wx^cion of the port.
He would then be in a position to request o-rvr*^^ a ]_
before any approach were made to the Governments ux x raq and
Koweit*
7. Similar letters are being addressed to the War Office and
Air Ministry, and a copy is being sent to the
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.
.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) C. W. BAXTER.
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The file contains papers mainly relating to the port at Um Qasr (Umm Qasr). These papers mostly concern a notification of the schedule of dues and charges to be imposed by the Government of Iraq on vessels navigating to Um Qasr port (printed in the Iraq Government Gazette No. 24 of 14 June 1942); specifically, the response HM Ambassador to Iraq should make to the notification, with regards to the rights of the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Koweit [Kuwait], and the wider question of the disputed frontier between Iraq and Koweit.
The file also includes some correspondence relating to HM Government’s decision to dismantle the port installations at Um Qasr in 1945.
The papers in the file mainly consist of correspondence, 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. internal notes, 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. minutes, and copies of minutes of an interdepartmental meeting of representatives of the 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. , the Military Sub-Committee, the Admiralty, the War Office, the Foreign Office, and the Port Director at Basra, of 27 August 1943, to discuss Um Qasr.
The main correspondents are the following: the 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. , the Foreign Office, the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and HM Ambassador, Baghdad (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis). Other correspondents include 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. at Kuwait, and the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Persia and Iraq Command.
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- 1 file (141 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the outside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 144; 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 2-144; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 17/30(2) 'Proposed additional outlet to the sea in or near Kuwait territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:138v, 140r:140v, 142r:144v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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