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'File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.' [145r] (294/538)
The record is made up of 1 volume (265 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1934-8 Jun 1935. 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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of your despatch 20-S of Januaiy 8 th(as modified in
paragraph No. 1(a) and 1 (of your telegram of
the 26th ultimo, No.222, and in paragraph No. ,
2 (c) of your despatch February 2 nd, No.l73-S)
omitting paragraphs (d) (e) and (f) and
substituting new paragraph to the effect that
situation is now a very serious one for Shaikh
and that you have been instructed by Hi s i^ajesty^
Government to discuss it with him.
(b) Proceed Kuwait at once as you suggest and personal
ly interview shaikh.
(c) Intimate to Shaikh once he has had time to digest
your letter, that his position has now become
very dangerous and that effect on his State of
open breach with Iraq in matter in which his
conduct is not irreproachable s cannot but be
very serious; that at same^ His Majesty’s
Government do not feel able to urge him to
accept Iraqi proposals for reasons indicated in
Foreign Office telegram No.77, March 1st to Baghdad,
though these reasons need not be quoted.
In these circumstances they consider Shaikh should put
himself in right by putting forward concr etealternative
scheme which His Majesty’s Government could support, and
they consider best scheme in these circumstances would
be appointment of a British or British Indian (but
preferably British) Director of Customs in Shaikh’s service
with adequate staff, half cost of which would be paid to
Shaikh through His Majesty’s Government by Iraq who would
be able effectively to operate a system of manifests
etcetera to be worked out in detail in consultation with
Shaikh. In that event His Majesty’s Government would be
prepared to give him strongest possible support with
T-rcirH anv^rnmpnt if necessary making dispute a major
Iraqi Government , xi j
Knglo-Iraqi issue.
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following:
- Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters.
- The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police.
- Proposing a conference to be held between Iraq and Kuwait.
- The suggestion to establish joint Iraqi-Kuwait preventive service to operate on land and sea.
- The suggestion to appoint a British Customs Director at Kuwait.
The British Embassy, Baghdad communicated with the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the Shaikh of Kuwait’s complaints against Iraqi customs. The correspondence also has references to complaints and incidents which are discussed in the previous volume in this series– IOR/R/15/5/129 'File 2/2 II Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'.
The volume also includes reports on the number of cases of smuggling within 1934 and 1935, the smuggled goods including sugar, coffee, tea, tobacco and the values of these items. It also includes records of meetings held at the Foreign Office, London, to discuss the question of smuggling, and it includes notes on Syed Hamid Beg al-Naqib, Deputy for Basra in the Iraqi Parliament, and his visit to Kuwait in April 1935.
Among the 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 Shaikh of Kuwait, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, New Delhi, the Secretary of State for India, London, and the Foreign Office, London.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (265 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 267; 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 149-262; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/130
- Title
- 'File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:19v, 23r:27v, 32r:38v, 40r:79v, 82r:86v, 89r:201v, 204r:250v, 258r:266v, 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