"ملف ٢/ ٢ VI التهريب بين الكويت والعراق" [و‎‎٦] (٣٨٦/٢٢)

Translation of a letter No.B/5/383 dated 7th Ternary 1937
from His Excellency the Huler of Kuwait to the I olitical igent,
Kuwait•
After Compliiaents,
(a) I "beg to state that on or about the 22nd Shawal last
(5/1/37) a small jolly-boat with two men on born?! proceeded from
Kuwait to Khor al Bahaith, north of Suhiya for the purpose of
collecting firewood. On their arrival there they saw a loom
anchoring opposite Umm Qasr. When they were not lar from the
Boom, the Hakhu&a of the Boom and four policemen disembarked in
a jolly-boat. One policeman was landed ashore on the western
side and the three other policemen and the akhuda proceeded in
the jolly-boat towards the eastern side, -hen they (lraq.i men)
came opposite them (Kuwaitis) the policeman who was on the
western side fired a shot in the air towards them and shouted
to them to lower their sail which was up. On lowering their
sail the three policemen and the Nakhuda went to them and took
them with their jolly-boat to the Boom where they were ordered
to remove the sail, rudder and oars of their jolly-ooat and
keep them in the Boom. Thereafter they told them that they were
smugglers arid that they should inform them about their goods.
They told them that they were poor people ami knew nothing
about such business but they started beating the crew of tne
jolly-boat a-nfl kept him naked at night. Though a strong Shamal
was blowing and the weather was very cold they wanted to put
him in water. The crew was crying and begging them to treat
him with mercy and when he was about to get into the water that
the Nakhuda of the Boom saved him. Besides this one of the
policemen named Tasin beat him with a stick and slapped him
in order that he may be compelled to say that tney were
smugglers. When they (Iraqi policemen) ascertained that they
(Kuwaitis) were poor firewood collectors they sent a report
by car to Zubair and on the 4th Dhil oadah (17/1/37) when the
reply was received from Zub&ir the Kuwaitis were released, ihe
names