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Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.' [167r] (340/674)
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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board with executive powers and the retention by Iraq, of her
authority in her ovm waters and of her large fixed capital
in the form of dredging and other equipment. The only
type of board that might be accepted, with or without the
representative of a third country, would be a purely
advisory and supervisory board.
(11) Failure to conclude a convention would probably lead
in practice to a continued refusal by Iranian shipping to
observe navigation regulations, stimulate the Iranian
Government to revive claims to the Hookah Channel, and lead to
continued patrolling of the river de facto by Iranian customs
officials, to say nothing of the possibilities of obstructive
navigation or other obstructive tactics in the anchorages at
Abadan and Mohammerah prejudicial to the exercise of Iraqi
rights of passage through them. It is desirable, therefore,
that a convention be concluded if possible.
(12) It is desirable that Iraq should take the
initiative in the negotiations for the Convention.
8. if the observations above stated cover the essential
points and are well founded it would seem that Iraq s intereous
and obligations would be best met by the following course
of action:
(1) ' Present to the Iranian Government a draft Convention
setting out the principles by which each Government will be
guided in maintaining and administering the parts of the Shatr
subject to its sovereignty, and containing in Schedules
detailed regulations concerning the matters mentioned in
Article 5 of the Treaty, which would not he altered so as to
conflict with the principles enunciated, or m any case
without due notice to the other party giving an opportunity
for consultation and agreement. If the Iranian Government
proposes the establishment of a hoard or commission the Iraq.:.
Government could agree to one with advisory powers.
(2) If the Iranian Government proposes in reply to (l)
the/
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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)
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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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- 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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