'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎93r] (190/748)

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R.A.F. aon-muif MTaiUmiaBCai SUMMAIBf
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Tfe* Xi^qi Fr#©(& daringindulged in
violent Attack* on the Sktlkk of kuvf&it and hi* «©v*rn» nt
Heport* that the Kuwaiti Liberal* hev* decided to petition
the lr%§ Qeirerament de»nding A^Algamation of irm^ and
Kuwait have been given great profalnence, a* have also
account# of bad administration in the Shaikkdosu In
addition the Kuwait administration ia accused o£
encouraging the smuggling of dutiable and contraband
good* into Iraq*
After a number of these attack# had appeared f the
Private Secretary to the Shaikh of Kuwait wrote an open
letter to the Iraq Press, which was published in ^
“A* Soman" newspaper| in this he advised the Iraq
newspapers mot to interfere in the internal affairs
of a friendly Government and to atop trying by means of
this unfriendly propaganda 'to § tir up the people of
Kuwait against their lawf.il Government, fhls lias, as
yet, had. no effect on the vol.«ma of propaganda against
the Kuwait Government and as the Iraqi Governs* it control
the pre a# it earn only be assumed that these pres# attack#
meet with the Iraqi Governmrt •# approval.
it seeisi© atmnge, iihecd, that the Iraq
Goveraant, who uere recently so indignant at Syrian
press propaganda directed against the«#elves, and eho
tlireatened retaliatory action if the propaganda continued,
should look ith complacency on similar un^armn td and
unfriendly attack# by their own pre#;. cm the Kuwait
administration* the Iraq prase constantly refer to
Kuwait as being am integral part of L&sra .wiwa# in
this connection it is interesting to remember that during
the recent debate on the Iraq - I ram treaty in the
Chamber of Deputies, one leading Deputy referred to tit#
possibility of Kuwait being used as Iraq 1 * outlet to
the sea*