"الملف ١/٨ الاتجار بالأسلحة" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٨] (٦٢٤/٢٨٠)

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Mr. Walton.
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I « SW ... .«» j/sootf . reading
of Dr. Naji’s statement (vide para. 3 of Mr. Scott’s
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letter of 3rd September). The statement made by Dr.
Naji is contained in para. 9 Political ^ent, Koweit
telegram No. 324 of 10 th November, 1936, (P.Z.8744/36).
The Mutassarifs report is give'ri in Ambassador, Bagh-
dad, telegram of 7th November 1936 (P.Z.8534/36), and
consists of a bald statement that arms smuggling from
Koweit into Iraq has started again. This is the report
(together with other reports) which Dr. Naji denies are
correct. How in these circumstances Mr. Scott can read
into Dr. Naji’s denial merely "an admission that re
ports of open and active encouragement given by the
Shaikh to a rms smuggling were unfounded" personally
I do not understand. As for Mr. Scott further saying
"doubtless if Dr. Naji went any further he was not
reflecting the view of the matter usually taken in
Iraq", it seems to me that a d efinite statement by a
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responsible Iraqi official who at that time held the
important post of Foreign Minister jmist have consider-
ably more weight than the vie^ of other individuals.
As I have pointed out in para. 3 of my letter of June
8 th (P. Z.4378/37), the Iraqi Government are c ontinually
bringing accusations against Koweit of arms traffic
without producing any proof, and I regard Dr. Naji’s
statement as of considerable importance as a protection
against such vague accusations. I deprecate very
strongly any attempt to whittle Dr. Naji’s statement
away/-