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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.' [65r] (129/289)
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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point as they thought best; similarly, the Government
of India and 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.
could argue the
Sheikh’s case as they thought best and with such
counsel as they might choose. The parties to the
Arbitration might be the Iraqi Government, on the
one side, and the Government of India, acting on
behalf of the Sheikh of Koweit, on the other side;
His Majesty’s Government remaining impartia l and
supplying information and documents as required by
11 either party.
It seems to us that an effort will now have to
be made to reach some agreement over the fundamental
question of the frontier and that the above would be
the best way of tackling it. It would, of course, be
possible to try to arrive at a solution of the
difference of opinion which exists between the India
Office and Foreign Office on the subject, e.g. by
referring to the Lav/ Officers of the Crov/n for a
ruling. This difference, v/hich is no doubt far
less wide than that between the Iraqi Government and
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.
, is a complicating factor, but
this course would entail a great deal of v/ork in
submitting a complicated case to the Law Officers
and v/ould in any event not offer a real solution,
since any opinion which the Law Officers might give
would not be binding on Iraq, and might not even
be accepted by the Government of India. While such
a procedure might remove one difficulty, it would
not therefore help to solve the ultimate question
of the differences betv/een Iraq and Koweit,
I should be glad to have your views on our
suggested line of action in due course.
(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.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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