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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [154r] (307/440)
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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smimmh
My dear Harrison,
Will y«u please refer to your deal«»officlal letter
Re.£xt»1699/47 t dated the 18th 8epteaber 9 1947 9 on the subject
of the Kuweit • Iraq frontier t
2« 1 have not yet received Tandy's views, which 1
called for, but I an recording nine briefly as it was 1 who
not only obtained the Shaikh of Kuwait's agreenent to the draft
of the 1940 fornula, but in 1941 reconnoitred the area by lend
and air and (without any records to work on) reported to the
General Officer Conmanding, British Forces in Iraq, on the
position of Una Qasr in relation to the frontier* Hay will
doubtless report further on receipt of Tandy's views*
3« I agree that if we wished to negotiate we could not
approach the Iraq Governaent with any fornula less favourable
than that put to then in 1940* To do so, however, would be to
adait the Iraqi clala to the port site of Una Qasr* My own
opinion is that while Una Qasr and the site as prejected in 1941
should be regarded as being in Iraq the 1940 foraula gave to
Iraq in this sector wore than should have been conceded* I an
therefore against negotiation, and agree that arbitration is the
only course. As you aentlon, this would also enable us to
adduce the further evidence in Kuwait's favour which has eaerged
since 1940 (in Wakefield's report, forwarded under Hay's deal*
official letter IIo.l81*S, dated the 80th Oeceaber, 1941)*
The possibility of the Iraqis asking clalas wore extensive than
their succession rights as defined in the Anglo*Turkish
Convention of 1913 ve*g. to the low tide level of the right bank
ef the Khor Abdulla, giving then full control of the waterway,
or even to the Islands of Bubiyan and Warbah theesblves) and
producing strong svldence in favour of such claims, will havt te
be faced*
4* The procedure suggested in the last paragraph ef your
letter appears to be the most sstlsfectory. We should have to
obtain in advance the Shaikh's undertaking to abide by the sward*
Yours sincerely,
Sd/- A.C. Galloway
F.A.K# Harrison, Esquire,
Commonwealth Relations Office!
King Charles Street* Whitehall
Charles Street,
mm*, 1***1
•LB*
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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