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Coll 17/26 'Iraq. Army.' [‎37r] (73/110)

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The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 17 May 1933-21 Jun 1939. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Iraq)
July 8, 1935.
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 5.
[E 4201/436/93]
Sir A. Clcn'k Kerr to Sir Samuel Hoare .— [Received July 8.)
(No. 362.)
gj r Bagdad, June 26, 1935.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 338 oiLthe 19th June, I have the
honour to transmit to you herewith a translation of the regulations which
have now been published for the conscription of proportional quotas of recruits
in areas where census operations have not yet been completed.! 1 ) This system
of recruitment was provided for in article 38 of the National Defence Law
of 1934 and the regulations now published lay down in detail how it shall be
brought into effect.
2. As Sir Francis Humphrys reported in the fifth paragraph of his
despatch No. 19 of the 10th January, 1934, it is chiefly in the tribal areas that
the census has not yet been completed, and the purpose of the provisions
of article 38 of the National Defence Law is to facilitate the application
of conscription to the tribes. Under the arrangements which have been made
for the recruitment of a proportional quota, it will not be necessary to go
through the elaborate procedure of calling up the yearly class and of casting
lots for the annual quota of men required for colour service. Instead, the
special local committee will fix the quotas on the basis of the estimated
population and the local sheikhs will then produce the number of men required.
For some years the annual quotas called to the colours are likely to be
relatively small and it is not anticipated that there will be any serious
difficulty in obtaining the necessary men from the tribal areas in the manner
which has now been prescribed.
3. I am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s Minister
at Tehran.
I have, &c.
ARCHIBALD CLARK KERR.
f 1 ) Not printed.

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The file contains papers relating to the Iraqi armed forces, mostly concerning the introduction of conscription in Iraq under a system of National Service. The file also includes papers regarding the military policy of the Government of Iraq, and the concern of the chief of the Iraqi General Staff about the possibility of an attack on Iraq by Iran.

The papers mainly consist of correspondence between HM Embassy at Baghdad (Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, George Arthur Ogilvie-Forbes, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Sir Charles Harold Bateman), and the Foreign Office (Sir John Simon, Sir Samuel Hoare, Anthony Eden), copies of which were sent to the Under Secretary of State for India. The file also includes 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. Political Department minute papers.

In addition, the file includes a copy letter from the Chancery of HM Embassy, Baghdad, to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait (with a copy of the Kuwait Intelligence Summary for the period from 1 to 15 April 1939), and a letter from Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. , Bushire, to Roland Tennyson Peel 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. , regarding the moving of the Basra Garrison to Zubair.

The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (51 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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.

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