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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.' [‎106r] (211/289)

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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18th December, 1942.
D. 9. 0 p.m. 18th December, 1942.
R. 4.05 P.m. 19th December, 1942.
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Your telegram No. 1127.
I think it would be rather misleading in addressing Iraqi ^
Government to say as in second paragraph of draft note that it is
"with the agreement both of Iraqi Government and the Sheikh of
Koweit" that port area is to be administered by British
military authorities. The point has never been put in writing o
Iraqi Government. I told the Prime Minister privately of oujr
intention and he raised no objection (see paragraph 5 °f my
m'S telegram No. 357). I should therefore prefer to say something lik^
^as both Iraqi authorities and His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit
are aware, wartime necessities require that Port Umm Qasr should
be administered for the duration of the war by British military
authorities”. Do you agree that this would be satisfactoryf
2. When I spoke to him last April, the Prime Minister asked
me not to put anything official on paper, and I would much
prefer if you will agree that I should approach him verbally in
the first instance and endeavour to arrange unofficially tne
cancellation of paragraph 3 of notification. If he agrees,
paragraph 2 of your draft would be omitted.
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3, As regards collection of dues paragraph oi your
telegram under reference) military authorities were rather
inclined to entrust this to Port of Basra as their agents. If
however you attach importance to collection being^ carried out by
military authorities themselves, it might be possible to arrange
this, though collection by Port of Basra would be more convenient.
Foreign Office please pass to 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as my telegram No. 72.
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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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Coll 17/30(2) 'Proposed additional outlet to the sea in or near Kuwait territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.' [‎106r] (211/289), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2893, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100046545182.0x00000e> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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