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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [165r] (329/440)
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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British Caneulate-OanerKl,
ITo .125
( 1 3Ai/2;
Dear Chancery,
In yojr letter No* 713/5/4*7 of the
20th January, 1543
24th June, 1747 you aeked u® to keep you infor aad of
the progreas of the proposed new Installation fop
the port of Baera at HAHilAQ opposite
•Tune laat becauae we now have a new jirectox*-General
of Porta and havigation, Col. Johnson., who tells ua
he ia not at all sure that the HAE^iAU scheme is a sound
one. The Port, he s^ys, ouat certainly have the engin
eering faoi3.itios envisaged for the HAftMA* scheme <*nd
they are already ordering the necessary machinery and
etiuir: lent for it but he personally la not yet convinced
that RA&lAi is the best location for the ne* plant*
He is inclined to think PAD is a hotter place for it,
or perhaps ‘.iAHCkX'L or even Ud*4 sAftii* The mioie
ciuestIon is now under review by his departiiental experts
and he expects to reach a final decision shortly*
The principal weakness of the scheme uu
Col# Johnson ss^s it is that it depends ent rely on the
usefor three .ionths of the year of a floating - dock
which will belong to Die nglo-Jrnnlan Oil Co* Ltd (a
non-Iraqi company) and will be stetioned in ucn-Iraqi
waters* If for r»ny reason tho Iranian author!tlea
saw fit to deny to the Port the privilege access to or
use of this dock the shale costly Installation at HARiiAC
would be rendered entirely useless. Also, if in two
years* time the pnglo-Ircnian Oil Co* finds that it
needs the use of the floating dock for its own shipping
for all twelve months of the yw»r instead of only nine
the HAKU* Inet&iletion would again be left high and dry.
Colonel Johnson therefore feels that the installation
envisaged should be only set up in association with a
floating dock or graving dock actually o tied end control
led by the Port itself and located in Iraqi waters.
/he tier such a dock would be best sited at HARM A # ?A0,
UaHOIL or Udd QASR ia a quest ion Which ia being c reful-y
studied but on which so far he reserves an open iind*
The picture has changed somewhat slnee
Yours ever,
(XmmLSI£-Q W^tLAL
The cJiancery
3 r itish i*.mbasay
Bagdad.
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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