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'File 53/54 V (D 129) Kuwait Blockade' [125r] (233/384)
The record is made up of 1 volume (193 folios). It was created in 31 Oct 1935-1 Apr 1937. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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53/54
/ii
Telegram S.
From H.M. ♦s Chargfe d^ffaires, Jedda,
To H#M.•s Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, London. No* 102.
Repeated Grovernment of India# s lmla. No.42.
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Bushire, at Shiraz.No.23
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait. No.5.
Dated 24th received 25th August, 1936.
Vty despatch No.219.
Letter from Yusuf Yasin received today states
J" 1
that draft regulations have been studied in a sympathetic
and friendly spirit. Saudi Government are prepared to
agree to resumption of trade with Kuwait upon the conditions
mentioned in conversation between Fuad and Ryan. ^ V
2. Letter then refers to points raised orally with
me by Yusuf Yasin regarding possibilities of evasion by
persons taking goods ostensibly fcr Iraq but actually f'or
smuggling into Saudi Arabia. Although only solution would
be for Kuwait to inform Saudi Arabia of all goods leaving
Kuwait whether for Saudi Arabia or elsewhere, nevertheless
in order not to indispose Government of Kuwait by making
such request letter suggests modification of Article 1 (for
text of which see my immediately succeeding telegran).
3. Saudi Government consider it necessary that
there should be agreement as to "manner" of punishment of
smugglers when Kuwaiti subjects and when Saudi subjects.
4. Regarding goods leaving Kuwait by sea, boat
owners on return to Kuwait should be in possession of
certificate to prove that goods carried to Saudi Arabian
ports actually reached their destination.
5. Letter refers to understanding that His Majesty^
Government would •♦guarantee'* execution of agreement, and adds
that /
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This file contains correspondence related to a trading blockade imposed on Kuwait by Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)], the King of Saudi Arabia.
The correspondence is primarily between British officials attempting to mediate between the two parties and the file contains detailed notes regarding negotiations between them at a conference held in Kuwait.
The file also contains translated copies of correspondence between the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian delegations and translated correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ the ruler of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (193 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1A.
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: Some of the file's folios have Foreign Office index numbers circled in red crayon or red ink. There is a modern foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing. It is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 201. The following folios are missing from the sequence: f 2, f 4, f 6, f 8, f 10, f 22 and ff 24-29. The file contains the following foliation error: 1, 1A.
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- Title
- 'File 53/54 V (D 129) Kuwait Blockade'
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- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 3r, 5v, 7r:7v, 9r:9v, 11r:21v, 23r:23v, 30r:159v, 161r:200v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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