"ملف ٦/٤ II الحدود الكويتية-العراقية" [و‎‎١‎١] (٤٤٠/٢١)

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P.z. 375/40.
Sir
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I an directed dj the Secretary of State for rndia to
invite reference to the despatch from His Majesty 1 s . ' I'
. 1 . ,st ' 4
^moassador m Bagdad^ No. 335, dated the 1st Julv^ 1939
(i.c. ref. No. E.4936/66/91) regsrdin- the measures
pi o >osed oO "be taizen v/ith a vie 1 // to the demarcation of the
froncier 'between Iran and Hov/eit, and to state, for the
information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
c^.t ue is in agreement v/ith Sir Basil Nov/ton's proposals
generally and v/ith the views expressed upon them "by the
late Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in his litter
l ' ui ^
oi the 1st August and "by the Government of India in Hr.
Oaroo’s letter of the 21st‘November and his telegram of the
January. Copies of this correspondence have been
sent to you under cover, respectively, of India Office
letters No. P.3.4978/39, dated 19th August, No. P.3.7585/39,
dated 20th January and P.Z.375/40, dated 19th January.
/* '..‘±th reference to paragraph 3 of the" Ambassador* s
despatch it is presumed that the Geographical Section of the
•far Office will be consulted by your Department if thought
necessary regarding the location of the nodal point south
oi Scdwan before the Sheikh’s views are ascertained.
o. The Government of India doubt whether the Sheikh
will acree to pay more than the expenses of his own "oersonnel.
miey presume uhat if the survey party is provided wholly from
India the Government of Iraq would bear half of the cost
(including transport in the field) as well as half the cost
of the material used for the erection of pillars. They
would oe agreeable to share with His Majesty’s Government in
equal moieties whatever of the total expenditure is not borne
The Under Secretary of State, T 5 .
ioreign Office, 0O p Y sent TO Tir
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