'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎337r] (678/748)

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" AL ALAI/" (Cairo) May 34th 1934.
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The following item appeared in M A1 AXam 1 * which is now
published in the place of M A1 Chabab M of Cairo 5 on May
24th 1939*
w A difference has risen between Iraq and Kuwait
about a land where oil is to be found* This land belongs
to an Arab of India, Jassem Mohamed Al Ibrahim* Kwnowing
the land to be rich with oil, the Amir of Kuwait is now
claiming it as his* The Amir would never dare make such
claim if he did not know the English would support him.
Whether it is on Kuwait territory or not, the land still
belongs to Jassem Al Ibrahim. The Amir says the land, the
country and the government are his, that Is to say he
thinks of Kuwait as his farm where everything and everyone
^ a ys ago he had a man Mohamed El
^uf^ered without a trial of any sort. We daspprove
rfi^ he T+ t 4 ltU ^ e 4 adopted by certain rulers of the Persian
^ t It u ls -3 0bvl0U s they adopt it only to let the English
l&X lay hands on the government of their countries. At
present, the territory, inhabitants and Amir of Kuwait
are entireiy under british domination* The land of Jassera
Al lorahim belongs to him in accordance with legal
documents from the times Kuwait was yet an Ottoman
province. Neither the Shaikh of Kuwait nor the English
have any right to deprive him of his property* We want
the Iraqi government to understand the necessity of
defending the rights of Jassem Al Ibrahim and beg the
Iraqi press to make the truth known to the population.”