'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [‎21r] (41/440)

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initiative in brin^in^ about the cUiaa real Ion will have to
be taken by iiiii Ooverncjunt and that the
interpretation proposed by Hia Majesty• a Govarmr-ient when
ta«.ini£ thia initiative in li&aiy within certain limiia to
have considerable im iuence over both Ira^ and 4c. wait. The
affect which a final choice of a line could have on the U®
*aer echerae la apparent fraa a study of the imp and of iiir
John * ard 1 e report©, dir John favours n »ite for the port
Juet below U® Creek and whether Uue cite la in 4o*eiti
or iraii territory depend* on the esanner in which the
description of the frontier ia interpreted. Moreover tiie
ifflportant question of control of the approaches will also be
influenced by tn© way Uri which the line is brought to, and
continued fro®, the function of the ^hor ^.ubair with . her
Abdullah. According to the chart which 1 enclose herewith
I would however point out that the hher ^ubair is only that
part of the Khor which extends inland fro® the creek to the
weat known as Ura ^aar Creek, below that creek the name given
on the enclosed chart is &hor U® Qaar. ^orth of warba Xol&nd
the Khor Abdullah la alao described as the Khor ^ he tana.
According to the above description on the enclosed chart the
frontier point here would therefore be at the function of
the Ahor w he tana with the khor U® ^aar.
o. One interest which ilia M^iea ty f « Gov emergent ud^ht
have in preventing the Iraqi Government from constructing a
port at Ufa *Asr would be to ward off eventual encroseiuawnte
on, or attempte to dominate, ho welt, but the tsalntenance of
an obstructive attitude on such a ground would no doubt be
resented in Iraq and might well have unfortunate political
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