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Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.' [80r] (166/674)
The record is made up of 1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946. 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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4 ‘"A
ms Ma jes uy ‘ s Embassy retained the right of prior consultation
in financial natters until a Port Trust was formed. His
Majesty’s Embassy reported at the time that this communication
had been made so as to ensure that the Iraqi Government should
no. subsequently claim that the conditions under which the
port was transferred in 1922/3 had lapsed on the termination
of ohe Mandatory regime, and not because any doubt was
entertained as to the satisfactory position of the port
finance So .m January 1934 the Minister for Foreign Affairs
replied to the eifect that the arrangements adopted hitherto in
connexion with the budget of the Port Directorate had been
working satisfactorily: that Colonel Ifard.(now Colonel sir
John Ward) the Director of the Port of Basra, enjoyed the
confidence of both parties, and that the Iraqi Government
therefore saw no necessity for a change in the existing
arrangements, especially as they continued to observe them.
The Embassy then replied, in April 1954, that His Majesty’s
Government were prepared to agree to the present arrangements
continuing as long as they remained satisfactory and as long as
Colonel Ward remained at the head of the Port Directorate.
However, they reserved the rights detailed in their note of
June 1933 if either of these two conditions should in future
cease to be applicable. In Jul 2 r 1934 the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs replied that they had taken note of His Majesty’s
Government’s approval of the existing arrangements and added
that, as the Iraqi Government intended to abide by the
settlement for the repayment of the port debt, and as the
classes of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty contained adequate
provisions and safeguards, they did not wish that the question
of the continuance of Colonel Ward at the head of the Port
Administration should be held to affect the position of the
port/
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The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom.
The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenance and navigation of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway. The United Kingdom was involved because of the close interests of British shipping in the conservancy of the Shatt-al-Arab.
The papers cover: Perso-Iraqi frontier negotiations; drafts, signing (July 1937), and ratification (June 1938) of the Perso-Iraqi Frontier Treaty; Turkish approval of the frontier negotiations; the signing of the four power non-aggression pact between Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan (the Saad-Abad [Saadabad] Pact), 1937; Abadan anchorage; Foreign Office memoranda and minutes of meetings concerning a convention for the conservancy of the Shatt-al-Arab; the question of British participation in the convention; lighting and buoying; the involvement of Sir John Ward [serving with the Iraqi Government] in the discussions; the opposition of the Iranian Government to British involvement; the involvement of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC); the Port of Basra (including Foreign Office memorandum, folios 77-83); the Rooka Channel; and renewed discussion of the issue in 1945, including the importance of the Shatt-al-Arab for tanker traffic to supply Britain's war needs in the Far East.
The main correspondents are the Foreign Office, the British Ambassador to Iraq, and HM Minister, Tehran.
The French language content of the file consists of approximately twenty folios of diplomatic correspondence and treaties.
There are no papers in the file dated 1941-44.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: this file consists of two physical parts. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of part one (ff 1-169) and terminates at the last folio of part two (ff 170-329); 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; these numbers are printed, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The front and back conservation covers (parts one and two), have not been foliated.
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- Title
- Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:40v, 51r:106v, 107v:130v, 131v:134v, 137r:169v, back-i, front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 170r:174v, 175v:224v, 225v:226v, 230r:275v, 284r:284v, 287v:302v, 306r:306v, 307v:323v, 328r:329v, back-i
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