"ملف ٦/٤ II الحدود الكويتية-العراقية" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٢] (٤٤٠/٢٠٣)

DRAFT OR PROPOaKB ROTK F»OM HIS RX0XUSJCnT
THE XHAWI MINISTER FOR RODION AFFAIRS TO
THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR» BAGDAD
Your Ex©«ll«mcy,
I have the honour, on behalf of the Imqi
Govem-eat, to inform you that they deeire, in collaboration
with the Kowelti Govevmmnt, to arrange for the early
demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Koweit, which
July 21et, 1932» to Hie Britannic Ma^eety 1 ® High Coimsiseioner
for Iraq, and in the reply of Hla Highness the Ffcler of
Eoweit co iiiunicate^ to the Acting Prime Minister with the
Acting High Ceml&sloner’e letter Ho. 120 of au» ust 22nd, 1932.
frontier wee defined we follows s~
w ?rom the intersection of the Wadi al Aud^a with
the Batin and thence northwards along the Batin to a
point Just aouth of the latitude of S&fwan. hence
eastwards passing south of Gafwan wells, Jebel ianam
and Urn Qasr leaving them to Iraq and so on to the
1 unction of the Khor Eobeir with the Khor Abdullah;
the Islands of Warba, Bublan, ilaskan (or l ashjan)
Pailakah, Auhah, Kubbar, ; t aru and lm ml rad in
appertain to Koweit• , *
The Iraqi roverrent propose that for the purpose
of the demareetion the following interpretation shall be
given to the above quoted description of the frontier line ;~
(1) "Along the Batin* the frontier line shall follow
thalweg . l#e. the line of the deepest depression.
was re-affirmed in the Prime Minister’s note
In the exchange of Notes referred to above the