"ملف ٦/٤ II الحدود الكويتية-العراقية" [و‎‎١‎١‎٨] (٤٤٠/٢٣٥)

I.T
i»a»—21
te .
HI® Majesty*® Kmb«®8y present® it® oofnpllment® to the
J ; : ♦ *i >•?! ' ••. ij -r | i. / ' A r'. A; * Ij.” ,-J'. •,’t Mt ••» '.\rf ■ • i*
inietry of -’©reign ^fair® anl ha® the honour to offer the *
following observation* on the '*ini®try* s Hote l?o.HH/S635/8655/
7/19684 of November Slet, 1940. • p < ^
2* Although the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and
Koweit would probably facilitste the fixing of the eastern
extremity of tne frontier between Iraq and &&u<U Arabia this wae
not the chief consideration whioh die fcajeety’® Government ^iad in
mind when they propo&ed Isst October that arrangement® should be
made to carry out this work.
3. Thu prineip 1 reason for their proposal w*»e the belief that
in the goaoral Interest® of good neighbourly relations it is
desirable to fix onthe ground a frontier watch has for so long
been only defined on paper.
4. The finis try will recall that for some years the authorities
on both aides of this frontier have from time to time alleged
that the official® or tribesmen of the other side have trespassed
1940, and the alleged violation of the frontier by Iraqi police
dealt with in the ^mbasay’s itote jRo# B96 of December 3rd, 1940,
are recent examples and it is believed that, if the frontier were
t V GiUxs o n v '. •
clearly narked on the ground, such incident® would be less
likely to occur.
undesirable that the demarcation of the Xraq-Koweit frontier
should be further postponed and His Majesty*s .unbaeeador ha®
been instructed to urge that operations should be started as
soon as possible in order that they may be completed before the
hot weather begins.
over the border
to in the Ministry’s Kote tfo. iA/lSS64 of 25th June,