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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [9r] (22/444)
The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1933-2 Feb 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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occasionally, I Hi ink, I could prove to him by canparing
the very high prices that rule in Nejd & Passim with those
of IRAQ, that there is little or no financial inducement
for contraband runners to work their traffic across the
IRAQ border - the big advantage always haand does, lie
in running goods to the South.
Lastly it may interest His Excellency the
Ambassador to know that the total value of imports into
Kuwait from all sources in 19 31-32 was only £225,918/-.
The figures for 1932 are not available as yet, but as
the trade year was the worst that Kuwait has ever yet
experienced, it is safe to say that the total imports
will not exceed £180,000/- during the current year. It
is not, I submit, reasonable to suggest that a third of
Kuwait's total import trade is run across the IRAQ Fron
tier in the form of contraband, especially when Kuwait
herself lias a population of 70,000 souls to provide for.
As regards (b): I am afraid, much as I appre
ciate the undesirability of doing so, that I must take
exception to the misleading statement of the Director of
Customs as given to His Excellency the Ambassador regard
ing the shooting of one of his staff. This again I do
with the utmost diffidence. The incident mentioned is
not only quite well known In Kuwait but as soon as I
heard about it I started immediate enquiries (secret and
otherwise) with a view to getting at the facts. I was
guided in this by the fact that the Times of Mesopotamia
in one of its issuer accused Kuwaitis of being the culprits.
I myself also visited Zubair unofficially and enquired
from the Customs and excise authorities as to their
version of the business. The net results of my investiga
tions showed that the smugglers were men of t be Bani
Hacbaim tribe resident near Samawa, 250 miles from Kuwait,
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The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship goods between the two countries, the fines that are to be imposed on the boats charged with smuggling, and monitoring the territorial waters, Shat al-Arab in particular.
The volume also contains correspondence related to the firing on and seizure of a Kuwaiti jollyboat by a Fao customs launch near Bubiyan Island, and the seizure of three Iraqi ballams (small boats) by the Kuwaiti customs authorities.The volume also contains a confidential report prepared by 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. in Kuwait under the title ‘Kuwait note on the contraband problem of Iraq with her neighbours and in particular how it affects Kuwait’.
The main correspondents in the volume are the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Mutassarif of Basra Liwa, the Hakim of Kuwait as well as Customs departments in Kuwait and Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-215; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/128
- Title
- 'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:20v, 24r, 25r:26v, 28r:28v, 30r:30v, 32r:32v, 34r:34v, 36r:36v, 39r:50v, 53r:54v, 60r:71v, 80r, 82r:105v, 107r:107v, 109r, 110r, 111r:119v, 123r:124v, 127r:133v, 138r:139v, 143r:148v, 150r:154v, 157r:158v, 161r:165r, 166r, 167r:173v, 177r:219v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence