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'File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling' [159r] (322/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 23 May 1935-13 Jun 1936. 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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6 # I submit thet tnis st&te ot ai fairs is a deplorable
one winch cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely* It is
Humiliating not only to the Shaikh, but also * I venture to
add - to His 4aJ esty* s Government, and is extremely damaging
to our prestige in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
* it also adds another
grievance to the two which His Excellency already has against
His Majesty’s lovernsent: the inability of the latter, so
far, either to implement their 1914 promise covering his date
gardens, or to induce King I bn Baud to raise his blockade.
The Shaikh of Kuwait is under our protection, and one of our
primary duties in this respect is to prevent encroachments of
his territory, and ill-treatment of his subjects, by foreign
Powers. This we mve obviously failed to do in regard to i
the outrages of the Iraqi Customs and Polite Officials, since
we have neither been able to obtain reparation for these
p
outrages, nor to prevent their recurrence. This failure has
of course been due to circumstances beyond our control: i.e.
the attitude of the Iraq Government who in reply to representa
tions have failed either to offer compensation for the misdeeds
of their Customs Officials, or to exercise any effective
control over then, (vide paragraph 4 of my letter ^o.l020«
of 20th December 1935}.
7.
p *! % o
If therefore we are unable to protect the Shaikh in
the matter, the logical alternative is for him to protect
himself, and Your Excellency will observe from the statement
at the end of his letter to Colonel Dickson that this is what
he now proposes to do. As pointed out in paragraph 2 o* my
telegram > 10.555 of 3rd March 1935 to Hie Majesty’s Secretary
of State for Ihaia, repeated to the Government of India and
His Majesty’s Ambatsaador, Bagdad, the Shaikh hag been most
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patient /
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The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement for cooperation for checking smuggling on the lines which had been contemplated. British Government officials also suggested various methods to control smuggling such as a system of manifests, trade control posts, as well as the appointment of a British Director of Customs at Kuwait.
The volume includes minutes of a meeting held in London discussing the question of Kuwait-Iraq smuggling with the Shaikh of Kuwait, a list of regulations of the Customs Code in Iraq issued by the King of Iraq and published in the official gazette, correspondence related to a number of cases of violation of Kuwaiti territorial waters by Iraq Customs launches, as well as the arrest and detention of Kuwaiti nationals.
The Shaikh raised his complaints to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. who in turn shared the Shaikh’s concerns with other British officials. On the other hand, complaints were also raised by the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the Kuwaiti Government’s lack of control of its border lines.
Lists of violation incidents are also included in the volume. Each list includes the following information: date and place of occurrence by whom, a summary of the incident, date of report to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and the Iraqi Government’s reply. The volume also includes summary lists of Iraqi newspaper articles which discuss Iraq-Kuwait related issues including smuggling, and the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (267 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 269; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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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/15/5/131
- Title
- 'File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:29v, 31r:53v, 60r:65v, 68r:68v, 70r:79v, 81r:82v, 85r:85v, 89r:95v, 98r:116v, 118r:129r, 130r:131v, 135r:145r, 146r:169v, 172r, 173r:174v, 177r:183v, 185r:190v, 193r:201v, 208r:209v, 211r:220v, 222r:233v, 235r:236v, 238r:243v, 246r:261v, 265r:268v, 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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