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Coll 17/7(1) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway' [247v] (505/1068)
The record is made up of 1 volume (524 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1929-23 Apr 1936. It was written in English and French. 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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in the Colonial Office was attended by lasin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Mr. Sievwright and
Mr. Hogg, the Adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance. Proposals on the
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following lines were drawn up by the Palestine Government on the basis of these
discussions and were communicated to the Iraqi Government in October 1933
Provided that the Iraqi Government will give an undertaking to use ther
best endeavours to promote the development of traffic by the Haifa-Bagdad route,
the Government of Palestine will—
(i) Offer free zone facilities to Iraqi goods at Haifa; and
(ii) Arrange, for a minimum period of three years, the following benefits for
traffic by the Haifa-Bagdad route :—
(a)
W
(d)
i e )
The provision and maintenance of a motor road through the lava
region in Transjordania east of Mafrak.
The provision and maintenance of a motor road from Mafrak to
Irbid in Transjordania.
The exemption from Palestinian import duty of Iraqi barley and
ghi imported by the
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
route.
The reduction of the Palestinian import duties on Iraqi dates and
rice so imported.
Reciprocity as regards licence fees leviable on motor vehicles using
that route.
7. For various reasons the Iraqi Government were slow to give the under
taking required by the Government of Palestine; and during the present month Gimtilit
these proposals were amplified in a further communication to the Iraqi Govern- iigk An
ment on the following lines :— i" ^nmissic
(a)
(d)
(*)
(/)
Provided they guarantee for the
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
route as favourable
facilities as those accorded to traffic using the Syria overland routes,
the Iraqi Government may qualify their undertaking by a stipulation
to the effect that they are not prepared actively to discriminate m
favour of that route. ;
The proposed agreement may be extended automatically in the absence
of twelve months’ notice of withdrawal by either side.
Palestinian import duties on ten specified commodities, comprising the
remaining principal exports from Iraq to Palestine, will not be raised
during the duration of the agreement in the absence of six months
notice.
The motor road between Irbid and Mafrak will be completed as soon as
possible. 1
If desired, a portion of one of the existing sheds at Haifa will be set
aside for the exclusive use of Iraqi goods pending reservation ot
part of the port area for purposes of a free zone.
Iraqi traffic will not be exploited in the port of Haifa through the
medium of port dues and handling charges, or otherwise.
iita res
8. Further delay has been occasioned by the fall of the Cabinet. T e
proposals of the Government of Palestine are still under consideration by the
Permanent Transport Board, and no decision is likely to be given until the new
Ministers have disposed of the budget and have had time to digest^them. ^ ^
9.
the French
While the development of the
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
route is thus hanging hre,
ich have made considerable progress on the Svrian routes. A y reni ;
progress unc ^jxxc*xx x—
motor-transport company operating in Syria, the Compagnie Auto-Routiere
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Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
, has been taken over by the subsidised Damas, Hama, et Prolongeme
Railway Company. The Nairn Transport Company is associated with
combine; and so is the port of Beirut, where a free zone for transit d ooc * s ^
inaugurated in January 1934. Full customs exemption is given in respect
vehicles, fuel and accessories required for the transit traffic, for which port
in Beirut and rail charges to Damascus have been much reduced. The
Transport Company have already brought into commission on the Damasc ^
Bagdad route a Marmon-Herrington “semi-trailer truck" with a c ^P acl
20 tons. If this is a success, the railway company are prepared to finance
introduction of larger units to the same design, notably a 40-ton “ trailer ra
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The volume contains correspondence, reports and minutes regarding road and rail transport through Iraq, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Palestine, Syria and Iran. The following topics are discussed in detail:
- The proposed construction of a Baghdad-Haifa rail route. The file also includes records regarding the planned transfer of the Iraqi Government Railway from British to Iraqi control.
- Transport developments and trade routes in Syria, and economic competition between French- and British- mandated territories in the region.
- Proposals for the development of free zones at the port in Haifa, for Iraqi and Persian [Iranian] goods. This includes discussion of customs dues, and facilities to be offered to foreign governments.
- Proposals by Haim Effendi Nathaniel, the Iraqi Railways Canvassing Agent, for facilities to assist in the development of a trans-desert motor route between Iraq and Palestine, and the right to carry Iraqi mails via the Amman ['Ammān] route.
- Customs and Trade Agreements between French-mandated territories and Iran.
The principal authors and correspondents are: HM High Commissioner for Palestine; HM High Commissioner for Iraq; the Foreign Office Eastern Department; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; HM Minister at Tehran; and the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. The volume also contains a small number of communications received from the Government of Iraq.
The volume contains the following items of note:
- Minutes of a meeting between the Iraqi Treasurer and Haim Effendi Nathaniel, regarding the Baghdad-Haifa Desert Motor Route, held on the 18 January 1933, ff 425-428.
- Records of a meeting between the Treasurer, the Iraqi Delegation, and the Director of Customs at Palestine, regarding the proposed free zone facilities at Haifa for Iraqi goods, and the establishment of terminal facilities and a preferential tariff, ff 371-392.
- Draft minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, held Monday 17 July 1933, regarding: 1) the proposed pipeline from the British Oil Development Company's concession near Mosul to the Mediterranean, and 2) the Trans-Desert Railway from Baghdad to Haifa. Plus related despatches received from Baghdad, Aleppo and Beirut, notes on the strategic value of the Baghdad-Haifa railway by the Secretaries of State for Air and War, ff 326-357.
- Communication from the High Commissioner for Iraq (Francis Henry Humphrys) to the Foreign Secretary (John Simon), summarising the development of road and rail transport routes between Iraq, Syria and Palestine from 1925-1934, ff 247-249.
- English translation of the Decree of the French High Commissioner in Syria, 'Governing the Regime of Customs Exemptions granted to Transdesert Transport Concerns maintaining regular services of the transport of international transport goods', ff 222-236.
- Minutes of meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, held 11 and 23 October 1934, regarding the proposed Baghdad-Haifa route, ff 139-177, 90-107, and 70-89.
- Memorandum on the Baghdad-Damascus desert route, prepared by the Commercial Secretary to the Baghdad Embassy, 1935, ff 5-10.
The volume also contains a proposal by the Palestine Corporation Limited to construct a highway connecting Palestine and Iraq, found at folios 14-30. This proposal is discussed in depth in the second part of the file, IOR/L/PS/12/2852.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 volume (524 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 526; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:13v, 31r:37v, 40r:212r, 214r:221v, 242r:264v, 266r:312v, 316r:346r, 349r:404r, 407r:411v, 417r:446v, 449r:465v, 468r:471v, 474r:474v, 478r:485v, 488r:502v, 504r:526v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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