'File 2/1 I PROPAGANDA (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq)' [285r] (586/706)
The record is made up of 1 volume (341 folios). It was created in 4 Sep 1929-13 Mar 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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COP? OF TELEGRAM.
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From - H#M. Ambassador,
To - Foreign Offiae, London.
No. - 21- Saving,
Dated the 21 st February, 1939 ,
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1 1 ^ 4 /3 ...
Addressed to ^.O. No. 21 Saving, repeated to Jedda
No. 2 Saving. Political Resiaent in
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at Kuwait
No. 2 Saving. Cairo No. 6 Saving.
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My telegram No. 59.
I? ' ( ¥- 7
Jedda telegram No. 27 to you reached me on my return
from vis it to Acting Prime Minister during which I had dis
cussed with hira recent campaign in Iraqi press concerning
both internal situation in Kuwait and relations of Kuwait
with Iraq. I said that it was evident that reports pub
lished in press emanated from completely unreliable sources
and it was indiscreditable to Iraqi press that such rubbish
alleging oppression and tyranny should be published by them.
Demands made in some papers foir annexation of Kuwait by Iraq
could only lead to embarrassment for Iraq in her relations
with His Majesty’s Government and her nei^ihours. HAJI
SHAUKAT said that he would take what steps he could to damp
down press campaign, excesses of which he regretted but which
were only typical of lack of restraint commonly shown by
press of all countries when following up a "stunt" agitation.
At tlB same time he assured me that in many quarters
in Iraq people felt keenly that it was deplorable that the
Ruler of Kuwait should deny his people any effective shere
in the Government of the principality and that he should
spend nothing from his considerable public revenues on
education. * alth or public services a* any kind.
He was, he said, glad to teve mi s opportunity to tell
+h1 „ point had latterly become so strong
me that feeling on this poi
that/
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The volume contains correspondence related to the proposed appointment of Persian representatives in Kuwait, and the Political relations between Iraq and Kuwait. There is also correspondence related to the proposal of the Iraqi Government to appoint an Iraqi Vice-Consul at Kuwait. The correspondence also discusses the following:
- Granting permissions for certain individuals and school teachers from Iraq to visit Kuwait.
- Unity between Iraq and Kuwait, and the effect of such a union on British interest in the Arab world.
- Yasin Pasha’s (former Prime Minister of Iraq) party as leading the anti-British propaganda campaign in Iraq.
- Arab-Jewish relations in Palestine, and the Iraqi Press Propaganda against Kuwait which claims that the Amir of Kuwait had trade deals with the Jews in Palestine.
- The eradication of smuggling ‘which has had the worst effect upon the trade of Iraq’.
- The claim that Qasr Al-Zuhur Radio Station (King Ghazi’s Broadcast Station) is inciting the Kuwaiti youth to rise against the British, and call for the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq.
A large amount of the correspondence is in the form of newspaper articles and extracts, translated from Arabic newspapers and sent between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire. The articles mainly call for the annexation of Kuwait to the Kingdom of Iraq. Most of these come from productions of the Iraqi Press including, Al-Nas, and Al-Ikha’ al-Watani.The main correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, the Ruler of Kuwait, the British Embassy, Baghdad, the High Commissioner for Iraq, and the Secretary of State for India.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (341 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 341; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and four ending flyleaves. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-341 and ff 3-341; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/126
- Title
- 'File 2/1 I PROPAGANDA (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 30r:30v, 32r:39v, 41r:44v, 48r:53v, 56r:56v, 61r:63v, 65r:67v, 74r:79v, 83r:83v, 85r:102v, 105r:111v, 114r:117v, 124r:126v, 135r:142v, 150r:151v, 154r:161v, 164r:166v, 168r:174v, 176r:181v, 186r:190v, 194r:195v, 197r:204v, 207r:208v, 211r:211v, 213r:218v, 220r:220v, 225r:227v, 230r:235v, 252r:252v, 254r:256v, 261v, 262v, 263v, 266r:278v, 282r:300v, 302r:307v, 313r:313v, 315r:325v, 327r:339v, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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