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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [19r] (42/444)
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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8« It has struck me perhaps that the IRAQ, Customs
people at Fao (I refer more especially to subordinate
officials and constables) do not know that Bubiyan Island
belongs to Kuwait, and that the actual boundary line bet
ween Kuwait and IRAQ follows the centre line of the Khor
Abdulla from a point East of Warba Island ( belonging to
Kuwait) to the open sea: I make this suggestion as it was
once or twice reported to me and as late as 1952 that on
more than one occasion IRAQ Customs Launches have been
seen creeping along the Southern shore of Bubiyan Island
and once even in the Khor Subiyeh itself. That I did
not take the matter up at the time was solely due to lack
of proper evidence,
9• It, nevertheless, I think, would be a useful
point to make with the IRAQ Covernment, if the question
of the exact whereabouts of the Kuwait sea boundary vis a
vis the Foo promontory were thcroighly instilled into the
minds of the Fao Customs Preventive Officers. Clearly IRAQ
has every right to do what she likes within her own terri
torial waters, and if she suspects contrabandists to be
planning a coup near her shores, no one here can complain
against the action she takes, always provided she is within
her side of the boundary line.
10# VQiat is so unfortunate, and creats so much bad
feeling here is the knowledge that IRAQ Customs Launches
do operate outside their own waters, and may easily be
tempted to commit acts of piracy, for the sake of the large
rewards which are undoubtedly doled out to those successful
in bringing in prizes.
11. I am sending you five spare copies of the report,
with the request that one be sent to $he Senior Naval
Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
if you see no objection to
such/
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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