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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [140r] (279/440)
The record is made up of 1 file (218 folios). It was created in 21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949. 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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Ext 8309/46.
Foreign Office,
S.-.l.
(E.919it/VX)£^91).
9 th Deoeiibor, 1946«
Confidential.
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Dear St on ehev* er-Bird,
^ Jould you please refer to your letter Bo. 32Q/b/b6
, of the 2?th June to ..ikeley, about the frontier between Iraq
and Koweit.
2 . .A'e Imve looked again into this question, which
as you say, is complicHted and content''Us* It is unfortunately
not merely a question of demarcating a frontier which has
been clearly defined and accepted by both parties: it is the
actual interpretation of the definition of the frontier which
is in*dispute. There is, ho.;ever, at least a reasonable hope
that the problem will not be further complicated by the
discovery of oil deposits in the vicinity, tfe understand
from the Ministry of *uel and Paver that the geophysical
results of the Anglo- Iranian Oil ‘^aapany’s surveys Li Koweit
do not so far indicate any favourable structures clooe to
the boundary.
3 # In the drcuraatances we are inclined not to
take the initiative at the present moment In seeking to
proiijote a settlement between the conflicting views of
Iraa and Koweit, out rather to let sleeping dogs lie as long
4
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This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr port in Iraq and the potential implications thereof.
The primary correspondents in the file are British officials from the Foreign Office, the 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. , 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. , the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Consulate in Basra.
The file also contains a letter to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translation) and a limited amount of correspondence with the Government of Iraq (folios 46 and 110).
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- 1 file (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/185
- Title
- 'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:36v, 38r:45v, 47r:109v, 111r:219v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence