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Coll 17/18(2) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq' [‎304r] (607/889)

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The record is made up of 1 file (443 folios). It was created in 15 Jun 1935-14 May 1942. 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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him "strong adYice** This adYice he has only adopted in
• s-
part (vide paragraph 11 above) and the responsibility for
the consequences is therefore entirely his* The f Iraq
Government have in consequence instituted certain anti-smuggl
ing measures which are eeonomical and efficacious* The
Shaikh on his side in quite content to face these measures
provided always that the 1 Iraq Government keep within the law-
an assurance on which point has been given hy them (vide
first sentence of pi ragraph 6 of Mr* Bateman^ despatch)*
15# With regard to paragraph 8 of Mr* Bateman's
despatch* The repereussions in Bagdad of the latest
developments of the smuggling question are of course outside
my sphere f but I venture to give it as my personal opinion that
our case with the 'Iraq Government in the event, as Mr*
Bateman suggests, of our hearing further from them is an
excellent one* The Shaikh, as we have informed them more
than once, is an independent Sovereign in special treaty
relations with us* In the present instance there was nothing
in these treaties in particular, or in international law
in general, to compel him to cooperate, and His Majesty's
Government therefore took the only steps open to them by giv
ing certain advice which the Shaikh did not adopt* The 'Iraq
Government must therefore follow the example of all other
Governments in the world, (more particularly of those
governments which - like 'Iraq - choose to erect high tariff
barriers) and institute effective enti-smuggling measures*
(In point of fact they have already done this)* On his side
the Shaikh must take the consequences of the measures* (He
is in fact quite prepared to do so)* If the case had been
different, if it had been a matter of the 'Iraq Government
from
demanding some action qedjafceigoel&lie Shaikh under some article
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2878, and contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to the prevention of smuggling and the establishment of effective frontier controls. It consists of correspondence between the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, 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. , 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. at Kuwait, and HM High Commissioner (and later Ambassador) at Baghdad, as well as communications received from Al Sabah and representatives of the Government of Iraq.

The bulk of the correspondence concerns efforts by HM Ambassador at Iraq, the 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. , and 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. at Kuwait, to broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. an agreement between the two parties. This included discussion of Iraqi proposals to assume control of Kuwaiti customs, to instigate joint border-controls and a manifest system for goods transported by land or sea, or to impose Kuwaiti tariffs on imports at the same rate as Iraqi tariffs. Later correspondence discusses the negotiation of an anti-smuggling agreement between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and a proposed customs union between Kuwait and Iraq. The correspondence makes reference to on-going negotiations over the Kuwait-Iraq border, and the Iraqi date gardens owned by the Shaikh of Kuwait.

There is a small quantity of correspondence from 1941 between the Government of Iraq, the 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. , and the Ottoman Bank at Baghdad, regarding currency smuggling, money laundering, and the purchase of Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .

The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-3).

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1 file (443 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 444; 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 between ff 2-444; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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