"الملف ١/٨ الاتجار بالأسلحة" [و‎‎٤‎٢] (٦٢٤/٨٨)

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Pol i t iofe 1 A gerioj/ 1 x^w« it •
Dated tin© ^9th July
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To
Lidutdmnt—colonel H.R*P«Diok'on, C.I.E.,
politioal Agent, Ku^«it.
$h© Hon*ble to© politioel RoPident
in tft© i^er isn duir, ru*- nire.
AXW rraffio.
Sir,
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in oontinuation or my telogr^m .&0.414 dated dto July l^-c^
1 have the nenoar to report that »p a reaiUt of private en^ulrlep
ret on foot oy ae, X rvve been able to put my finger on one of
the ohannel? by which arms are brought to KU*»it and sold in the
Town. This refers to arms brought from 'Iraq to Kuwait only.
«. as regards tne alleged export of rifles by ses from Kuwait
to the Persian shore, I nave not been able to discover anything
further in support of tne ^ersian accusation, beyond « statement
from Khan uansdur Abdul hstif the local hireotor of C r tom. *• •• •
gives it as his opinion that the tribes of aohaamerah had a great
many rifles issued out to them immediately before tne bhai^n of
pohemmerah's incarceration and these rifles have undoubtedly been
slowly finding their way up country, or wnerever else there was
a demand for them. Khan Bahadur Abdul i^tif is * men of expe
rience and discernment and, 1 do not thin*, would mahe sued
statement without being sure of his facts. He is further in
clined to ridicule the idea of an organized export of rifles
rrom to© Ai*©b bo tue p©rpi»» co©Pt» 'bo—aay.
3. Ho r©v©rt to p©x©jpnipb 4u &il® r oi Uoi3©lr,
would seem to be a centre where rifles from • Xr< q are collected.
They are brought down oy the juwarin *nd other "ahawiyen- tribes
of the Muntnfl* from the Euphrates, and Khaaisiyeh in particular,
yroa ohabda a regular "gun runner" exists in the per i n oi
Duhri ibn jrnli al-Juraiyid of the Bhafir tribe, who sees con
signments of lo rifles at a time through to Jahara and Kuwait.